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Definition of Larix
1. Noun. Larches.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Pinaceae, Pinaceae, Pine Family
Member holonyms: Larch, Larch Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larix
Literary usage of Larix
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"Larix Americana Michaux.—American Larch, Tamarack. Description.—Catkins terminating
short lateral branches of the preceding year, the sterile from leafless ..."
2. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"A valuable tree of the Columbian basin. Differs from L. americana in that it
grows on dry ground, often at high elevations. The European Larch (Larix ..."
3. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"411; Loudon, Arboret. Brit., iv, p. 2350; Lindl., Fl. Med., p. 554. Official Part
and Name.—LARICIS CORTEX ; the bark, deprived of its outer layer, of Larix ..."
4. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Friedrich Benedict Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"This happens regularly in Pinus Larix, and tolerably frequently in Pinus
canadensis (PI. LXI, figs. 13, 14; PI. LXII, fig. 2).* Free spherical cells are ..."
5. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"... the exception as above of Tsuga) at each lateral margin of the leaf close to
the "upper surface; either this alone is present, eg always in Larix and ..."
6. A Manual of the North American Gymnosperms: Exclusive of the Cycadales But by David Pearce Penhallow (1907)
"Larix, TOURN. PLATES 48 AND 49 Transverse. Summer wood prominent, usually dense,
the transition from the spring wood more or less abrupt. ..."
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