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Definition of Hackmatack
1. Noun. Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves.
Definition of Hackmatack
1. n. The American larch (Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.
Definition of Hackmatack
1. Noun. A larch, a tree of the species ''Larix laricina''. ¹
2. Noun. (nonstandard) A balsam poplar, a tree of the species ''Populus balsamifera''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hackmatack
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Medical Definition of Hackmatack
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hackmatack
Literary usage of Hackmatack
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"hackmatack. See quotations. 1792 On some mountains we find a shrubbery of hemlock
and spruce. . . .These are called by the Indians ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"24 hackmatack. See LARCH. HADDINGTONSHIRE, or East Lothian, a county of Scotland,
bordering on the frith of Forth, the North sea, Berwickshire, ..."
3. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... The Indian Cup — The hackmatack—Blueberry Barrens—Wild Gooseberries —The Food
of the Nova Scotian Bear—The Mayflower —The Sweet Fern—The Indian Summer. ..."
4. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... The Indian Cup — The hackmatack—Blaeberry Barrens—Wild Gooseberries —The Food
of the Nova Scotian Bear—The Mayflower —The Sweet Fern—The Indian Summer. ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1831)
"hackmatack ; a term apph'ed, in many parts of the United States, to the American
larch. (See Larch.) HACKNEY ; a large and populous village HACKNEY ..."
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