hackmatack
[ hak-muh-tak ]
Origin of hackmatack
11765–75, Americanism; earlier hackmetack woods, hakmantak dense forest or interwoven shrubbery of tamarack or other conifers; probably <Western Abenaki
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How to use hackmatack in a sentence
It brought him not to a hackmatack tree, but to the middle of several spruce trees.
Troop One of the Labrador | Dillon WallaceThe timber was largely pine and hackmatack, but there was also some white and some yellow birch.
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird GrinnellThe two principal American species are also called tamarack and hackmatack.
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties | Charles H. (Charles Henry) SnowIndeed, this is a common characteristic of the Hemlock, the Cedar, and the hackmatack.
A small hollow, overrun with hackmatack, led up towards the spot.
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