a·ler·ce 
(ä-lûrsĕ, -sā)
(ä-lûrsĕ, -sā)n.
1. A large, long-lived coniferous evergreen tree (Fitzroya cupressoides) native to the temperate rainforests of southern Chile and neighboring parts of Argentina.
2. The reddish-brown wood of this tree.
[American Spanish, from Spanish, larch, from Arabic al-'arz, the cedar (influenced in meaning by Latin larix) : al-, the + 'arz, cedar; see ʾrz in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]