English Dictionary: Larch | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Larch | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Larch \Larch\, n. [Cf. OE. larege (Cotgrave), It. larice, Sp. larice, alerce, G. l[84]rche; all fr. L. larix, -icis, Gr. ([?]).] (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of {Fascicle}). Note: The European larch is {Larix Europ[91]a}. The American or black larch is {L. Americana}, the hackmatack or tamarack. The trees are generally of a drooping, graceful appearance. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Larch 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 {predicate}s 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)]. |