{i} any of a number of cone-bearing trees which yield a heavy solid wood; wood of the larch tree
A larch is a tree with needle-shaped leaves. a tree that looks like a pine tree but drops its leaves in winter (larix). Any of about 10-12 species of coniferous trees that make up the genus Larix of the pine family, native to cool temperate and sub-Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Though the larch has the pyramid shape typical of conifers, it sheds its short, light-green, needlelike leaves in autumn. The most widespread North American larch, the tamarack, or eastern larch (L. laricina), matures in 100-200 years, may grow 40-100 ft (12-30 m) tall, and has gray to reddish-brown bark. Coarse-grained, strong, hard, and heavy, larch wood is useful in ship construction and for telephone poles, mine timbers, and railroad ties
A genus of coniferous trees (Larix sp.), having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle)