Japanese larch

noun

1. a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Japanese larch¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

But if you’re too far away — or even if you’re there right now — I recommend their wonderful Instagram feed, which combines official and visitors’ photos, information for bird-watchers, capsule histories of the cemetery’s monuments and residents, and the occasional haiku about a Japanese larch.

From New York Times

At home, he is training a weeping Japanese larch to drape the railing of a raised deck.

From Wall Street Journal

The Forestry Commission said P. ramorum, first found in the UK in 2002, infected few trees until 2009 when the pathogen was found infecting and killing large numbers of Japanese larch trees - an important economic timber species - in South West England.

From BBC

In the first recorded case of its kind in the world, P. ramorum was found infecting and killing large numbers of Japanese larch trees - a commercially important conifer species - in South-West England.

From BBC

In 2009, it appeared on Japanese larch, an economically important timber species, in South-West England.

From BBC