larch
pronunciation
How to pronounce larch in British English:
UK [lɑ:tʃ]
How to pronounce larch in American English:
US [lɑrtʃ]
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- Noun:
- wood of a larch tree
- any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
Word Origin
- larch (n.)
- 1540s, from German Lärche, from Middle High German larche, from Old High German *larihha, from Latin larix (genitive laricis), probably a loan-word from an Alpine Gaulish language, corresponding phonetically to Old Celtic *darik- "oak" (see Druid and tree).
Example
- 1. A wide larch bench with handy drawers hidden underneath is the only piece of furniture in the tea house .
- 2. To avoid an institutional feel , exteriors are made not of concrete but brick , galvanized steel and larch .
- 3. In britain the disease , officially known as phytophthora ramorum , spared oaks and jumped to rhododendrons and japanese larch trees .
- 4. There is no known cure for the disease and mr clark warned that japanese larch could be wiped out in the south west .