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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 leavesplay

    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 treeplay

    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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