"tamarack" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tamaracks [plural]
Etymology: From Canadian French tamarac, believed to derive from an Algonquian word. In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902. This makes the precise Algonquian words involved difficult to recover. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr-CA|tamarac}} Canadian French tamarac, {{uder|en|alg|-}} Algonquian, {{m|en|tacamahac}} tacamahac, {{der|en|alg-pro|*-a·xkw-||hardwood or deciduous tree}} Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), {{m|en||tamarack}} tamarack, {{m|en|hackmatack}} hackmatack Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tamarack (countable and uncountable, plural tamaracks)
  1. Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Conifers
    Sense id: en-tamarack-en-noun-mPoKV2Sh Disambiguation of Conifers: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 96 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 94 6
  2. The wood from such a tree. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tamarack-en-noun-WVtkip7r
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hackmatack, tacamahac

Inflected forms

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