larix occidentalis

2 definitions found

larix occidentalis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
         [1913 Webster]

larix occidentalis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Larix occidentalis
      n 1: tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply
           pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree
           [syn: western larch, western tamarack, Oregon larch,
           Larix occidentalis]