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tamarack (s) (noun), tamaracks (pl)
1. A deciduous tree of North America with reddish-brown colored bark and short bluish-green needles, the cones being quite shiny and oval: "Jane and Dan were out in the wet part of the area with their biology teacher, when they came across some tamaracks and learned that they yield strong, heavy timber."
2. Etymology: from Canadian French, tamarac, of Algonquian origin.
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