Larch
[lahrch] /lɑrtʃ/
noun
1.
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
2.
the wood of such a tree.
/lɑːtʃ/
noun
1.
any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, having deciduous needle-like leaves and egg-shaped cones: family Pinaceae
2.
the wood of any of these trees
n.
1540s, from German Lärche, from Middle High German larche, from Old High German *larihha, from Latin larix (genitive laricis), probably a loan-word from an Alpine Gaulish language, corresponding phonetically to Old Celtic *darik- “oak” (see Druid and tree).
The Larch Project develops aids for formal specifications. Each Larch specification has two components: an interface containing predicates written in the LIL (Larch Interface Language) designed for the target language and a ‘trait’ containing assertions about the predicates written in LSL, the Larch Shared Language common to all.
[“The Larch Family of Specification Languages”, J. Guttag et al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng 2(5):24-365 (Sep 1985)].
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