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larch

[ lahrch ]

noun

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


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


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Other Words From

  • larcher adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of larch1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of larch1

C16: from German Lärche, ultimately from Latin larix

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Example Sentences

A little distance off, the feathery branches of a larch waved softly to and fro in the scarcely perceptible night-breeze.

The darkness drew her, and she thought of climbing the hill and plunging into the depths of the larch-wood above the pasture.

His duties keep him at present at the Larch-tree hacienda, where there is going to be a grand hunt in a few days.

Construction: diagonal principle, Dantzic oak without, horizontal planking of Italian larch.

And so, as that stronghold was called Larignum, the wood was called larch.

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