Associations to the word «Hackmatack»

Wiktionary

HACKMATACK, noun. A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina.
HACKMATACK, noun. A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera.

Dictionary definition

HACKMATACK, noun. Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats