hackmatack

[hak-muh-tak]

hack·ma·tack

[hak-muh-tak]
noun
1.
tamarack (def. 1).

Origin:
1765–75, Americanism; earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; probably < Western Abenaki
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Hackmatack is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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hackmatack

noun
poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar
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