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hackmatack

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hack⋅ma⋅tack

  [hak-muh-tak]
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–noun
1. tamarack (def. 1).
2. balsam poplar.
Origin:
1765–75, Americanism; earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; prob < Western Abenaki

balsam poplar

 
–noun
a North American tree, Populus balsamifera, having sticky, resinous buds and shiny ovate leaves.
Also called hackmatack, tacamahac.

Origin:
1780–90, Americanism
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balsam poplar  
n.  A poplar tree of northern North America (Populus balsamifera) having ovate leaves and large buds coated with a sticky, fragrant resin. Also called hackmatack, tacamahac.
hack·ma·tack   (hāk'mə-tāk')   
n.  See balsam poplar.

[Earlier hakmantak, hacmontac, perhaps from Western Abenaki.]
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