Oregon fir

American  

noun

1. Douglas fir.

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Oregon fir British  

noun

1. other names for Douglas fir

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Etymology

Origin of Oregon fir

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The new Chinese Presbyterian Church at Wei-hsien typifies the elements that are entering Asia for it contains Chinese brick, Oregon fir beams, German steel binding-plates and rods, Belgian glass, Manchurian pine pews, and British cement.

From New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening by Brown, Arthur Judson

Men are discouraged and disheartened when they look at the problem of pulling an Oregon fir stump out of the ground.

From Address by Honorable Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior at Conference of Regional Chairmen of the Highway Transport Committee Council of National Defense by United States. Council of National Defense. Highway Transport Committee

"This boat, son, is a threemasted schooner, name of Nancy Hanks, Master Joshua Green, bound for the Solomon Islands with a cargo of Oregon fir."

From The Vision Splendid by Raine, William MacLeod