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.]
- South Platte River
- South Polar Region
- South Pole
- southron
- South Sandwich Islands
- South Saskatchewan River
- South Sea Islander
- South Sea Islands
- South Seas
- South Shetland Islands
- South Shields
- South Slavic
- south-southeast
- south-southwest
- South Sudan
- South Temperate Zone
- South Vietnam
- South Vietnamese
- southward
- southwardly
- southwards
- southwest
- South-West Africa.
- South-West Africa
- southwest by south