noun, masculine/me.lɛz/plural: mélèzes
larch, larch tree (Larix)
“Le mélèze est un conifère des montagnes qui perd ses aiguilles en hiver.” — The larch is a coniferous tree found in the mountains which loses its needles in winter.
Related: mélèze commun, mélèze d'Europe
From Franco-Provençal (Dauphinois) melèzo (“larch tree”), from Vulgar Latin *melice, formed from a cross between Gaulish *mel- (“larch”) and Latin larix (“larch”). The Gaulish word is from Proto-Celtic *meli.