Tamarack
131hackmatack — /hak meuh tak /, n. 1. tamarack (def. 1). 2. See balsam poplar. [1765 75, Amer.; earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; prob < Western Abenaki] * * * …
132larch — larcher, adj. /lahrch/, n. 1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood. 2. the wood of such a tree. [1540 50; earlier larche < MHG L laric (s. of larix) larch] * * * Any of about 10–12 species of coniferous trees that …
