Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tamarack"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tamarack \Tam"a*rack\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British
Columbia ({Larix occidentalis}). See {Hackmatack}, and
{Larch}.
(b) The black pine ({Pinus Murrayana}) of Alaska, California,
etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hackmatack \Hack"ma*tack`\, n. [Of American Indian origin.]
(Bot.)
The American larch ({Larix Americana}), a coniferous tree
with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained
timber. Called also {tamarack}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tamarack
n : medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States
including Alaska having a broad conic crown and
rust-brown scaly bark [syn: {American larch}, {black
larch}, {Larix laricina}]
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