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单词 tamarack
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Definition of tamarack in English:

tamarack

nounˈtamərakˈtæməˌræk
  • A slender North American larch.

    Larix laricina, family Pinaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now the slender spires of tamarack and balsam fir dominated a scraggly forest, while impenetrable-looking layers of hardy shrubs filled the understorey.
    • Perched on a tamarack just feet from the shoulder of the road was a Great Grey Owl.
    • The forests include such conifers as red spruce, black spruce, white spruce, balsam fir, red pine, jack pine, eastern white pine, tamarack, eastern white cedar, and eastern hemlock.
    • Some characteristic tree species are black spruce, white spruce, tamarack, balsam poplar, dwarf birch, paper birch, shining willow, Bebb willow, and trembling aspen.
    • Only such hardy species as aspen, black and white spruce, Labrador tea, and tamarack can withstand such conditions - which they do by actively transporting water out of their living cells at the start of winter.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Canadian French tamarac, probably of Algonquian origin.

 
 

Definition of tamarack in US English:

tamarack

nounˈtæməˌrækˈtaməˌrak
  • A slender North American larch.

    Larix laricina, family Pinaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The forests include such conifers as red spruce, black spruce, white spruce, balsam fir, red pine, jack pine, eastern white pine, tamarack, eastern white cedar, and eastern hemlock.
    • Only such hardy species as aspen, black and white spruce, Labrador tea, and tamarack can withstand such conditions - which they do by actively transporting water out of their living cells at the start of winter.
    • Perched on a tamarack just feet from the shoulder of the road was a Great Grey Owl.
    • Now the slender spires of tamarack and balsam fir dominated a scraggly forest, while impenetrable-looking layers of hardy shrubs filled the understorey.
    • Some characteristic tree species are black spruce, white spruce, tamarack, balsam poplar, dwarf birch, paper birch, shining willow, Bebb willow, and trembling aspen.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Canadian French tamarac, probably of Algonquian origin.

 
 
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