fir : Idioms & Phrases

• noun medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
  Alpine fir; Abies lasiocarpa.
  

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• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  red silver fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
  

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• (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under Balsam.

Webster 1913

• noun medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
  balm of Gilead; Canada balsam; Abies balsamea.
  

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• (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, Abies balsamea, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived.

Webster 1913

• noun douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
  Pseudotsuga macrocarpa; big-cone spruce.
  

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• noun a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines
  bristlecone fir; Abies venusta; Abies bracteata.
  

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• noun medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
  Abies concolor; Abies lowiana; California white fir; Colorado fir.
  

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• Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir (Abies balsamea) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See Balm.

Webster 1913

• noun medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
  Abies concolor; Abies lowiana; California white fir; Colorado fir.
  

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• noun strong durable timber of a douglas fir
  
• noun tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
  

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• noun tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark
  Christmas tree; Abies alba.
  

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• noun of northern Europe and America; resembling a miniature fir
  Lycopodium selago; little clubmoss; mountain clubmoss.
  

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• noun the seed-producing cone of a fir tree
  

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• noun any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
  fir; fir tree.
  

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Fir" tree`

Definitions

1. . See Fir.

Webster 1913

• noun small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves
  Abies fraseri.
  

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• noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
  giant fir; Abies grandis; lowland fir; grand fir.
  

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• noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
  giant fir; Abies grandis; lowland fir; grand fir.
  

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• noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
  douglas hemlock; douglas pine; green douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Oregon pine; douglas spruce.
  

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• noun a variety of club moss
  Lycopodium obscurum; tree clubmoss; princess pine.
  

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• noun jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
  ephedra.
  

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Joint"-fir` noun

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.

Webster 1913

• noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
  giant fir; Abies grandis; lowland fir; grand fir.
  

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• noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
  giant fir; Abies grandis; lowland fir; grand fir.
  

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• noun lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
  douglas hemlock; douglas pine; green douglas fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Oregon pine; douglas spruce.
  

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• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  red silver fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
  

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• (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) found from British Columbia to Texas, and highly valued for its durable timber. The name is sometimes given to other coniferous trees, as the Norway spruce and the American Abies magnifica and A. nobilis.

Webster 1913

• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  red silver fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
  

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Ri"ga fir`

Etymology

So called from Riga, a city in Russia.

Definitions

1. (Bot.) A species of pine (Pinus sylvestris), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; -- called also Scotch pine, and red ∨ yellow deal. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia.

Webster 1913

• noun a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines
  bristlecone fir; Abies venusta; Abies bracteata.
  

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• noun medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
  Scots pine; Scotch pine; Pinus sylvestris.
  

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Sea" fir`

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A sertularian hydroid, especially Sertularia abietina, which branches like a miniature fir tree.

Webster 1913

• noun any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath
  

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• (Bot.), a coniferous tree (Abies pectinata) found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.

Webster 1913

• noun medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
  Alpine fir; Abies lasiocarpa.
  

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• noun any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
  fir; fir tree.
  

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• noun medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood
  Abies concolor; Abies lowiana; California white fir; Colorado fir.
  
• noun medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed
  red silver fir; Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Pacific silver fir; Christmas tree.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to several coniferous trees of the Pacific States, as Abies grandis, and A. concolor.

Webster 1913