hackmatack

hack·ma·tack

H0005600 (hăk′mə-tăk′)n. Any of several North American trees, especially the tamarack.

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[Earlier hakmantak, hacmontac, perhaps from Western Abenaki.]

hackmatack

(ˈhækməˌtæk) n1. (Plants) another name for tamarack2. (Plants) another name for balsam poplar

tam•a•rack

(ˈtæm əˌræk)

n. 1. a North American larch, Larix laricina, of the pine family, having reddish brown bark and blue-green needles. 2. its wood. [1795–1805; of uncertain orig.]

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hackmatack - poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leavesbalsam poplar, Populus balsamifera, tacamahacpoplar tree, poplar - any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins