larch

«larch» in Mova's school dictionary: a tall cone-bearing tree with soft needles that turn… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a larch, larches; larch — the wood)

meaning for a pupil

1) A larch is a tall cone-bearing tree with soft needles that turn yellow and fall off in autumn. tree →

2) Larch is the strong wood of this tree, used for fences, boats and buildings. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons the larch is a surprise: it is a conifer, but it is deciduous, losing its needles in winter, unlike most conifers which are evergreen. It grows in cold northern forests, in Siberia, Canada and the Alps, and in UK plantations. Phrases: «larch trees», «larch wood», «larch cones».

examples

• The larch turns golden yellow in autumn. tree →
• Unlike a pine, a larch drops its needles in winter. tree →
• The garden shed is built of larch. tree →
• We found small round larch cones on the path. tree →
• Larch forests cover huge areas of Siberia. tree →
• The larch needles grow in little bunches. tree →

note

Plural «larches». Not every conifer is evergreen: larch is the classic exception. Countable for trees, uncountable for the wood.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «larch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.