Hackmatack (Noun)
Meaning
Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Along the Michigan shoreline grew an abundance of hackmatack trees, which provided a natural shield from strong winds and storms.
- Residents of this small Canadian town are proud of the ancient hackmatack that stands at the center of their village.
- Summer breezes whispering through hackmatack leaves soothed weary travelers who stopped to rest beneath their broad canopies.
- It took several arborists to carefully remove the felled hackmatack and the tangled mess of branches and leaves it left behind.
- Years of drought and neglect took its toll on the sturdy hackmatack lining the old dirt road, most standing as bare skeletons now.