DCHP-1 Online
tamarack ((n.)) [< Algonk. cf. hackmatack] 
1 n. the larch, especially Larix laricina.
See also: hackmatack
- 1815 On the north-west and north-east sides are found some swamps, abundantly covered with . . . tamarack. . . .
- 1873 (1962) This was a regular muskeg covered with wiry grass and moss, with small groves of tamerac here and there.
- 1963 . . . in autumn the green of the spruce . . . is gently tinted by the yellowing tamaracks.
2 n. the wood of the larch.
- 1828 Wanted, 500 Cords Hemlock, Tamarac, or Dry white Pine Wood.
- 1953 Outside, I found some green, wet tamarack which smouldered, then caught to a blaze.
- 1815 On the north-west and north-east sides are found some swamps, abundantly covered with . . . tamarack. . . .