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HACKMATACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hackmatack mean?
• HACKMATACK (noun)
The noun HACKMATACK has 1 sense:
1. poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
Familiarity information: HACKMATACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
balsam poplar; hackmatack; Populus balsamifera; tacamahac
Hypernyms ("hackmatack" is a kind of...):
poplar; poplar tree (any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins)
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