Crossword clues for hackmatack
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hackmatack \Hack"ma*tack`\ (h[a^]k"m[.a]*t[a^]k`), n. [Of American Indian origin.] (Bot.) The American larch ( Larix Americana), a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Called also tamarack.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A larch, a tree of the species (taxlink Larix laricina species). 2 A (vern balsam poplar pedia=1), a tree of the species (taxlink Populus balsamifera species).
WordNet
n. poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves [syn: balsam poplar, tacamahac, Populus balsamifera]
Usage examples of "hackmatack".
Farther down came the hemlock in globular masses of feathery branches, then the crowding spruce and fir, with a pale sprinkle of hackmatack, frail child of the swamp, in the bottoms, and a fringe of birch and maple along the shore.
They rummaged the near-by woods for better stones, while Milt cut a post of the rot-resisting hackmatack and hewed it square.
The second was the night of the big gale that wrecked my boat and knocked down a big hackmatack that came right through my bedroom window and scared me half to death.