What is "larches"

Usage examples of "larches".

A favorite spot was a wood of larches whose green shoots had not yet quite ceased to smell of lemons.

The pine-trees gave way to stunted larches, and these to pine scrub and bare scree, up which he scrambled, clutching at the tough bushes, terribly out of breath, his heart pumping, the sweat streaming into his eyes.

One, larger than all the rest, over the larches, shone on him ironically, for it was the star of love.