tamarack

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtæməˌræk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tam′ə rak′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tam•a•rack  (tam′ə rak′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyan American larch, Larix laricina, of the pine family, having a reddish-brown bark and crowded clusters of blue-green needles and yielding a useful timber.
  2. Plant Biologyany of several related, very similar trees.
  3. the wood of these trees.
  • 1795–1805, American; compare Canadian French tamarac; assumed to be of Algonquian origin, originally

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tamarack /ˈtæməˌræk/ n
  1. any of several North American larches, esp Larix laricina, which has reddish-brown bark, bluish-green needle-like leaves, and shiny oval cones
  2. the wood of any of these trees
Also called: hackmatack Etymology: 19th Century: from Algonquian
'tamarack' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
hackmatack - muskeg

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