larch

[ lahrch ]

noun
  1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.

  2. the wood of such a tree.

Origin of larch

1
1540–50; earlier larche<Middle High German ≪ Latin laric- (stem of larix) larch

Other words from larch

  • larcher, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use larch in a sentence

  • And the sawn planks come from Russia and the Baltic, and the larches for scaffolding from the Merionethshire valleys.

    Mushroom Town | Oliver Onions
  • The flame in the east had died, but the tops of the larches were bathed in a gentle radiance; and the peaks ahead were like amber.

  • The new-fired larches were green in the glens; and “pale primroses” hid themselves in mossy hollows and under hawthorn roots.

  • Motionless she remained, until he disappeared behind a fringe of larches that crept close to the shelving shore.

    High Noon | Anonymous
  • And the larches by the shore trembled as if in sympathetic emotion as the gentle breeze echoed her sigh.

    High Noon | Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for larch

larch

/ (lɑːtʃ) /


noun
  1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, having deciduous needle-like leaves and egg-shaped cones: family Pinaceae

  2. the wood of any of these trees

Origin of larch

1
C16: from German Lärche, ultimately from Latin larix

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012