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LARCH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves

Synonyms:

larch; larch tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("larch" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Meronyms (substance of "larch"):

larch (wood of a larch tree)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "larch"):

American larch; black larch; Larix laricina; tamarack (medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark)

Larix occidentalis; Oregon larch; western larch; western tamarack (tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree)

Larix lyallii; subalpine larch (medium-sized larch of the Rocky Mountains; closely related to Larix occidentalis)

European larch; Larix decidua (tall European tree having a slender conic crown, flat needlelike leaves, and hairy cone scales)

Larix russica; Larix siberica; Siberian larch (medium-sized larch of northeastern Russia and Siberia having narrowly conic crown and soft narrow bright-green leaves; used in cultivation)

Holonyms ("larch" is a member of...):

genus Larix; Larix (larches)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wood of a larch tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("larch" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("larch" is a substance of...):

larch; larch tree (any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves)

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