larch

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larch / lärch/ • n. a coniferous tree (genus Larix) of the pine family with bunches of deciduous bright green needles, found in cool regions of the northern hemisphere. It is grown for its tough timber and its resin (which yields turpentine).

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

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larch
1. See LARIX.

2. (golden larch) See PSEUDOLARIX.

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY

larch

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larch Any conifer tree of the genus Larix, native to cool and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Larches bear cones and needle-like leaves that, unusually for a conifer, are shed annually. Family Pinaceae.

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larch XVI. —early mod. G. larche, lerche (G. lärche) :- OHG. *larihha, lerihha— L. larix, laric-, prob. of alien orig.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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