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white fir
noun
- a tall, narrow fir, Abies concolor, of western North America, yielding a soft wood used for lumber, pulp, boxes, etc.
- the wood of this tree.
- any of various similar firs of western North America, or their wood.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of white fir1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences
The meadow, bordered by red and white fir and Jeffrey and lodgepole pine, offers an attractive but cold campsite.
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The white fir grew to a much larger tree than the Balm-of-Gilead he had known in the East, and the lower branches were tough.
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Here and there are charming little nurseries of tiny and growing yellow pines and white fir.
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On our way we pass through the most remarkable white fir nursery we have yet seen.
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The Norway spruce, or white fir (P. excelsa), is the chief European species.
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