Also 8 laryx. β. 6 larnix, 7 larinx, 8 -ynx. [L. (see LARCH).]
1. a. = LARCH. Also attrib., as larix tree, wood. (Now only Sc.: cf. LARICK.)
1572. J. Jones, Bathes of Bath, II. 12 b. The oke trees, pyne trees, larnix [sic] trees, fir trees, ash trees.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, VI. xcii. 775. Of the larche or larix tree.
1611. Cotgr., Larege, the Larch, or Larinx tree.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 642. The Mosse of the Larix Tree burneth also sweet, and sparkleth in the Burning.
1744. Drummond, Trav., i. (1754). 16. The larynx is as frequent upon the mountains in this country, as the white pine, or common Scotch fir.
17704. A. Hunter, Georg. Ess. (1803), I. 515. A small summer-house finished with Larix wood.
1791. Newte, Tour Eng. & Scot., 240. Plane trees, poplars, birches, limes, larixes.
1805. Forsyth, Beauties Scotl., I. 429. They [squirrels] attack the young Scotch firs, but more particularly the larix and elm.
1842. J. Aiton, Domest. Econ. (1857), 163. Gates should be made of Larix wood.
ǁ b. Bot. The genus of coniferous trees to which the larches belong.
† 2. The herb Camphorosma monspeliacum. Obs.
1548. Turner, Names of Herbes, 26. Chamepeuce is a very rare herbe it may be called in Englishe Alpeare or Petie Larix.
162461. Davenport, City Nightcap, I. 2. Beauty, like the Herb Larix, is cool i th water, But hot i th stomack.