tamarack

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A deciduous North American larch (Larix laricina) of moist soil, having short needlelike leaves that turn yellow in the fall.

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The black or American larch, or hackmatack, Larix Americana, found in moist uplands in British America, and of less size massed in cool swamps in the northern United States.

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The abundant black or ridge-pole pine, Pinus Murrayana, of the Sierras and dry gravelly interior regions of western North America. The allied Pinus contorta, or scrub-pine, of the coast may be also included under the name.

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The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See hackmatack, and larch.

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The black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.

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Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix; the wood from such a tree

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medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark