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: any of a genus (Larix) of northern hemisphere trees of the pine family with short fascicled deciduous leaves
also
: the wood of a larch
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Western larch, which can live for 1,000 years, tower above.
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Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The building is made with cross-laminated timber (CLT) and larch.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
The researchers could generalize this beyond their study sites in Alaska, showing that boreal trees growing elsewhere around the Arctic—birch, pine, larch, and other kinds of spruce—are moving northward where nearby sea ice is declining.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
In a windy week, a lot of larch in the valley were losing their thorns.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023
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Alexis Marie Adams, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
The building is made with cross-laminated timber (CLT) and larch.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
The researchers could generalize this beyond their study sites in Alaska, showing that boreal trees growing elsewhere around the Arctic—birch, pine, larch, and other kinds of spruce—are moving northward where nearby sea ice is declining.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
In a windy week, a lot of larch in the valley were losing their thorns.
—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Larch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/larch. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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larch
noun
: any of a genus of trees related to the pines that shed their short needles each fall
Geographical Definition
Larch
geographical name
river 270 miles (434 kilometers) long in western Quebec, Canada, flowing northeast to unite with the Caniapiskau River forming the Koksoak River
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