Definition of "tamarack" [tam•a•rack]

• A deciduous North American larch tree (Larix laricina) having short needles borne on spur shoots. (noun)

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• "This hanging lichen is most often found in tamarack and spruce thickets but can adhere to the limbs of deciduous trees in deeply shaded areas."
• "What Ware had said about the hills of his youth, the woods, the word tamarack that he had dropped carelessly, touched chords of memory as lightly as a breeze vibrates a wind harp."
• "The tamarack is very common about the marshy grounds of this county, attaining its full height in our neighborhood."