tamarack

UK: /ˈtæməˌræk/ US: (tam′ə rak′)

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tam•a•rack  (tam′ə rak′), n. 

1. Plant Biology 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.
2. Plant Biology any of several related, very similar trees.
3. the wood of these trees.

• 1795–1805, American; compare Canadian French tamarac; assumed to be of Algonquian origin, originally

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tamarack / ˈtæməˌræk/ noun

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

Also called: hackmatack Etymology: 19th Century: from Algonquian