(n)medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark, Syn.Larix laricina, tamarack, black larch
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 ]