larch.

1. A conifer that typically sheds its soft needles in autumn rather than retaining them through winter.

2. Wood from a larch tree, used for building and other timber work.

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Words that belong together

• larch forest
• golden larch
• larch needles

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The larches turned gold above the valley.

Bare larch branches framed the winter sky.

New needles softened the outlines of the larch in spring.

Usage notes

Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular larch; plural larches; material larch is usually mass. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.