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Webster 1913 Edition


Hackmatack

Hack′ma-tackˊ

(hăk′mȧ-tăkˊ)
,
Noun.
[Of American Indian origin.]
(Bot.)
The American larch (
Larix Americana
), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also
tamarack
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hackmatack

HACK'MATACK

,
Noun.
The popular name of the red larch, the Pinus microcarpa.

Definition 2024


hackmatack

hackmatack

English

Noun

hackmatack (plural hackmatacks)

  1. A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina.
  2. A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera.

Synonyms

Quotations

  • 1867, Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1866, page 483:
    The hackmatack is remarkable for having a principle root, which sometimes equals in size the trunk to which it belongs.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 hackmatack” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  2. 1 2 3 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. unabridged.merriam-webster.com (}}})
  3. 1961, Maryland Historical Magazine, volume 56, page 29: Some 37 percent of the Constellation still remains in Newport. [] She retains knees from the hackmantack brought up in boats in 1796.
  4. 1902, Journal of American Folklore, volume 15, page 260