larch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlɑɹt͡ʃ/ (General-American)
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- /ˈlɑːtʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From early modern German Larche, Lärche, from Middle High German larche, from Old High German larihha, from Proto-West Germanic *larikā, an early borrowing from Latin larix, from Ancient Greek λάριξ (lárix), itself possibly of Gaulish origin.
Meanings
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(countable) A coniferous tree, of genus Larix, having deciduous leaves in fascicles.
Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273:While the ravaging fires in Australia and Europe received wide media coverage, 1 million hectares of larch forests were wiped out on the Ta-hsing-an-ling mountain in north-eastern China (H. Tagawa, personal communication).
1993, Nengah Wirawan, “The Hazard of Fire”, in Harold Brookfield, Yvonne Byron, editors, South-East Asia's Environmental Future: The Search for Sustainability, United Nations University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 242:The Larch-tree, with us, groweth slowly, and to be found in few places; it hath a rugged bark, and boughts that branch in good order, with divers small yellowish bunched eminences, set thereon at several distances, from whence tufts of many small, long, and narrow smooth leaves do yearly come forth; it beareth among the green leaves many beautiful flowers, which are of a fine crimson colour […]
1665, John Rea, Flora, London: J.G. Marriott, Book III, Chapter 20, pp. 235-236:Thus the Birch Canoe was builded In the valley, by the river, In the bosom of the forest; And the forest’s life was in it, All its mystery and its magic, All the lightness of the birch-tree, All the toughness of the cedar, All the larch’s supple sinews;
1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Book 7:1716, Nicholas Rowe (translator), The Ninth Book of Lucan in John Dryden, Miscellany Poems, London: Jacob Tonson, Volume 6, p. 67, The Gummy Larch-Tree, and the Thapsos there, Wound-wort and Maiden-weed, perfume the Air.
Joan was thinking: ‘She looks like a tree […] it must be the green dress. But her eyes are like water, all greeny and shadowy and deep looking—a tree near a pool, that’s what she’s like, a tall tree. A beech tree? No, that’s too spready—a larch tree, that’s Elizabeth; a larch tree just greening over.'
1924, Radclyffe Hall, The Unlit Lamp, Chapter 5, Part 1:
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(uncountable) Wood of the larch.
The cart was of rough wood, without springs, like a big box fixed on long larch poles between two pairs of wheels. The larch poles did instead of springs, bending and creaking, as the cart moved over the forest track.
1916, Arthur Ransome, “The Christening in the Village”, in Old Peter’s Russian Tales:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| larches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
larch knight · Daurian larch · larchlike · larch turpentine · western larch · Japanese larch · Dahurian larch · golden larch · Chinese larch · European larch · larchwood · alpine larch · Himalayan larch · lesser larch bark beetle · larch pug · Siberian larch · East Siberian larch · larch bark beetle · Russian larch · Masters' larch · subalpine larch · larch agaric · larch bolete · American larch · larchen
Synonyms
larchwood (the wood of the larch)
Translations (94)
vi thông rụng lá (a coniferous tree) · ko 낙엽송 (a coniferous tree) · ro zadă (a coniferous tree) · hsb larik (a coniferous tree) · de Lärchenholz (the wood of the larch) · la larix (a coniferous tree) · bg ли́ственица (the wood of the larch) · izh saksankuusi (a coniferous tree) · da lærk (a coniferous tree) · kk балқарағай (a coniferous tree) · mn харгай (a coniferous tree) · tl alerses (a coniferous tree) · cv ҫемҫе чӑрӑш (a coniferous tree) · be лісто́ўніца (a coniferous tree) · mhr лыстанпӱнчӧ (a coniferous tree) · ja カラマツ (a coniferous tree) · de Lärche (a coniferous tree) · sv lärk (a coniferous tree) · bg ли́ственица (a coniferous tree) · nl larikshout (the wood of the larch) · pt lariço (a coniferous tree) · el λάρικας (a coniferous tree) · mn ᠬᠠᠷᠭᠠᠢ (a coniferous tree) · nn lerk (a coniferous tree) · tr melezi (a coniferous tree) · tr melez (a coniferous tree) · mn шинэс (a coniferous tree) · sh ариш (a coniferous tree) · nl lork (a coniferous tree) · uk модри́на (a coniferous tree) · dsb larik (a coniferous tree) · ja 落葉松 (a coniferous tree) · sl macesen (a coniferous tree) · gl pradio (a coniferous tree) · sah тиит (a coniferous tree) · es alerce (the wood of the larch) · pt larice (a coniferous tree) · pt alerce (a coniferous tree) · pl modrzew (a coniferous tree) · cs modřín (a coniferous tree) · es alerce (a coniferous tree) · cmn 紅杉 /红杉 (a coniferous tree) · kpv ниа (a coniferous tree) · da lærketræ (a coniferous tree) · mk ариш (a coniferous tree) · lt maumedis (a coniferous tree) · grc λάριξ (a coniferous tree) · fi lehtikuusi (the wood of the larch) · eve хіакіта (a coniferous tree) · ru ли́ственница (a coniferous tree) · ja 唐松 (a coniferous tree) · ky тыт (a coniferous tree) · eo lariko (a coniferous tree) · nb lerk (a coniferous tree) · fa سیاهکاج (a coniferous tree) · tt карагач (a coniferous tree) · cmn 落葉松 /落叶松 (a coniferous tree) · cy llarwydd (a coniferous tree) · nl lariks (a coniferous tree) · it larice (a coniferous tree) · fo lerk (a coniferous tree) · is lerkitré (a coniferous tree) · ca làrix (a coniferous tree) · is lerki (a coniferous tree) · ja グイマツ (a coniferous tree) · hu vörösfenyő (a coniferous tree) · eu laritz (a coniferous tree) · es lárice (a coniferous tree) · et lehis (a coniferous tree) · hu vörösfenyő (the wood of the larch) · uk ли́ствениця (a coniferous tree) · ka რბილწიწვიანი (a coniferous tree) · fo lerkartræ (a coniferous tree) · hy խեժափիճի (a coniferous tree) · ru ли́ственница (the wood of the larch) · ba ҡарағас (the wood of the larch) · nrf mélèze (a coniferous tree) · ka ლარიქსი (a coniferous tree) · sk smrekovec (a coniferous tree) · az qara şam (a coniferous tree) · ga learóg (a coniferous tree) · mn ᠰᠢᠨᠠᠰᠦ (a coniferous tree) · fi lehtikuusi (a coniferous tree) · sv lärkträd (a coniferous tree) · de Lärche (the wood of the larch) · os сыфнӕзы (a coniferous tree) · gd learag (a coniferous tree) · ba ҡарағас (a coniferous tree) · uk модри́на (the wood of the larch) · ro larice (a coniferous tree) · fr mélèze (a coniferous tree) · gl lárice (a coniferous tree) · sh ariš (a coniferous tree) · ce бага (a coniferous tree)