LARCH TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does larch tree mean? 

• LARCH TREE (noun)
  The noun LARCH TREE has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves

  Familiarity information: LARCH TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARCH TREE (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

larch tree; larch

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "larch tree"):

larch (wood of a larch tree)

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

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 tree" is a member of...):

genus Larix; Larix (larches)