Usage examples (7)

• Could it be that tacamahac (Populus) and hackmatack (Larix) got confused (the words, not the trees)?
• Common names for P. balsamifera include balsam poplar, hackmatack, and tacamahac; common names for L. laricina include American larch, tamarack, hackmatack, and black larch.
• The camp had been placed under a beautiful tree -- the tacamahac, or balsam poplar.
• Nor is the balsam-poplar, or tacamahac, less delightfully fragrant, especially while the gummy buds are just beginning to unfold; this is an elegant growing tree, where...