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ˈtæm əˌræktama·rack

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. American larch, tamarack, black larch, Larix laricinanoun

    medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark

Wiktionary

  1. tamaracknoun

    Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix; the wood from such a tree

  2. Etymology: Supposed to derive from some Algonquian word.

Wikipedia

  1. tamarack

    This article incorporates text from the Silvics of North America, freely licensed as a work of the US Fed. Govt. Larix laricina, commonly known as the tamarack, hackmatack, eastern larch, black larch, red larch, or American larch, is a species of larch native to Canada, from eastern Yukon and Inuvik, Northwest Territories east to Newfoundland, and also south into the upper northeastern United States from Minnesota to Cranesville Swamp, West Virginia; there is also an isolated population in central Alaska. The word akemantak is an Algonquian name for the species and means "wood used for snowshoes".

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  1. tamarack

    Tamarack is a common name often used to refer to the Larch tree, especially the species Larix laricina. It is a decidecious coniferous tree that is native to Canada, the northern United States, and parts of Alaska. The tamarack is known for its needles that turn yellow and drop in the fall, and its ability to withstand extremely cold climates. It is often found in wet, swampy areas.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tamaracknoun

    the American larch; also, the larch of Oregon and British Columbia (Larix occidentalis). See Hackmatack, and Larch

  2. Tamaracknoun

    the black pine (Pinus Murrayana) of Alaska, California, etc. It is a small tree with fine-grained wood

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tamarack

    tam′a-rak, n. the American or black larch. [Amer. Ind]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tamarack in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tamarack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of tamarack in a Sentence

  1. Cal Fire:

    We are going to try to steer into The Tamarack Fire. The Tamarack Fire's a fresh burn and if we get it steered there, whatever portion we get, turn into it, that basically stops the spread of the fire, so that's a very valid tactic we're actively trying to do.

  2. Cal Fire:

    Fire activity remained moderate today on The Tamarack Fire. Warm and dry conditions will continue through the end of the week. Sporadic isolated thunderstorms occurred within the fire area today but did not result in any new fire ignitions.

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