tamarack
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- noun
- /ˈtæməræk/
- US
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tamarack
- As we hiked through the forest, we admired the tall tamarack trees, their rust-brown bark shining in the sunlight.
- tamarack tree
- tamarack and pine
- tamarack and spruce
Examples
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He watched until the deer disappeared into the tamarack.
Fiction book (1999) -
The land was flat, and pines, birch, and tamaracks lined up against the road.
Fiction book (2002) -
The ridge separated the lake and a tamarack swamp.
Fiction book (1999) -
Then he was towering beside her, as hard and substantial as a tamarack tree.
Fiction book (1997) -
From the slope, I looked down at the river through the needles of pine, tamarack, and fir.
Fiction book (1995) -
Willows, cottonwood, and tamarack grew along the riverbank, and creatures were hiding behind the fresh growth.
Fiction book (1994) -
Isn't the sun beautiful the way it gleams between the branches of the tamaracks?
Fiction book (1997) -
The pines, birch, and tamaracks moaned in the air above the stone church.
Fiction book (2002) -
They left the meadow for more pine, and now tamarack, naked tamarack, the yellow needles nearly all down and going ginger where they coated the trail.
Fiction book (1990) -
The tamarack tree, with its broad conical crown, is a common sight in the wetlands of northern Canada.
Synonyms
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A tree with thin needle leaves that turn yellow and fall each autumn
A medium-sized northern tree like a small pine that turns golden in autumn
A medium-sized tree from Canada and northern United States with scaly brown bark and golden-yellow leaves in autumn
A medium-sized North American tree with needles that turn yellow in autumn and rust-brown bark
Compounds
A tall North American tree with pale green needles, oval cones, and strong wood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tamarack comes from a Native American Algonquian name for the tree and originally meant 'strong wood' that people used for poles and tools. Because the name referred to this useful wood, it stayed with the swamp-loving larch, which is why tamarack today means that particular tree with yellow needles in autumn.