larch pine
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pine family — noun a family of Pinaceae • Syn: ↑Pinaceae, ↑family Pinaceae • Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferales, ↑order Coniferales … Useful english dictionary
pine family — the plant family Pinaceae, characterized by mostly evergreen, resinous trees having narrow, often needlelike leaves, male flowers in catkinlike clusters, and scaly female flowers that develop into fruit in the form of a woody cone, and including… … Universalium
larch — [lärch] n. [early modern Ger larche (Ger lärche) < L larix] 1. any of a genus (Larix) of trees of the pine family, found in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, bearing cones and needlelike leaves that are shed annually 2.… … English World dictionary
larch — [la:tʃ US la:rtʃ] n [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: larix] a tree that looks like a ↑pine tree but drops its leaves in winter … Dictionary of contemporary English
larch — larcher, adj. /lahrch/, n. 1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood. 2. the wood of such a tree. [1540 50; earlier larche < MHG L laric (s. of larix) larch] * * * Any of about 10–12 species of coniferous trees that … Universalium
Pine — This article is about the tree. For other uses of the term pine , see Pine (disambiguation). Pine Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora), North Korea Sc … Wikipedia
pine — pine1 pinelike, adj. /puyn/, n. 1. any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc. Cf. pine family. 2. any of various similar coniferous… … Universalium
Pine Processionary — Taxobox name = Pine Processionary image width = 240px image caption = Pine Processionary larvae marching in characteristic fashion regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Tortricidae genus =… … Wikipedia
Pine Beauty — Taxobox name = Pine Beauty image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Noctuidae genus = Panolis species = P. flammea binomial = Panolis flammea binomial authority = Denis… … Wikipedia
larch — noun Etymology: probably from German Lärche, from Middle High German lerche, from Latin laric , larix Date: 1548 any of a genus (Larix) of northern hemisphere trees of the pine family with short fascicled deciduous leaves; also the wood of a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
