tam|a|rack

tam|a|rack
tam|a|rack «TAM uh rak», noun.
1. a larch of northern North America with reddish-brown bark, which yields strong, heavy timber; hackmatack.
2. any one of certain similar larches.
3. the wood of any larch tree.
[American English, apparently < an Algonkian word]

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