larch
Americannoun
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any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
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the wood of such a tree.
noun
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any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, having deciduous needle-like leaves and egg-shaped cones: family Pinaceae
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the wood of any of these trees
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of larch
1540–50; earlier larche < Middle High German ≪ Latin laric- (stem of larix ) larch
Example Sentences
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A Pacific Northwest forest planted with Douglas fir, cedar, hemlock and larch underplanted with evergreen huckleberry, salal and ferns transitions to an open woodland of native dogwood trees, red twig dogwood and flowering red currant.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Together, they like to walk in the woods as she guesses whether that tree is a pine and this one a larch, while he carefully warns her away from sharp thorns.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
The spears and other tools were carved from spruce, larch, and pine, species that grew many kilometers away from the lake and combined hardness with elasticity.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 31, 2024
The European larch and the tamarack are examples of deciduous conifers.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
A long whippy larch branch sprang forward suddenly.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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