tamarack

[ tam-uh-rak ]

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noun

an American larch, Larix laricina, of the pine family, having a reddish-brown bark and crowded clusters of blue-green needles and yielding a useful timber.
any of several related, very similar trees.
the wood of these trees.

tamarack

/ ˈtæməˌræk /

any of several North American larches, esp Larix laricina, which has reddish-brown bark, bluish-green needle-like leaves, and shiny oval cones
the wood of any of these trees

First recorded in 1795–1805, Americanism; compare Canadian French tamarac; probably of Algonquian origin

C19: from Algonquian

Three times the stiff straight rods of the tamarack whipped her smartly across the face.

What were the thoughts of the man who leaned against a tall tamarack tree and watched the reclining figure as a cat does a mouse?

I noticed the tamarack on its banks, and the nymph odorata, scirpus lacustris, and Indian reed on the margin.

Then they carried a newly dipped pail of fresh spring water back to camp, for their first supper under the tamarack trees.

But over the bend on Tamarack Hill another girl slept fitfully.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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