red fir

American  

noun

1. any of several firs, as Abies magnifica, of the western U.S., having a reddish bark.

2. the light, soft wood of these trees.

3. Douglas fir.

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red fir British  

noun

1. a North American coniferous tree, Abies magnifica , having reddish wood valued as timber: family Pinaceae

2. any of various other pinaceous trees that have reddish wood

3. the wood of any of these trees

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Etymology

Origin of red fir

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

A canopy of Jeffrey pine, red fir and incense cedar shaded the trail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The remainder were sugar pine, noble fir, red fir, incense cedar, western red cedar, mountain hemlock and western hemlock.

From Science Daily • Dec. 28, 2023

Her friend Marisa Maiorana, who works for an import-export company, said she liked the Vatican Christmas tree — a 92-foot, eight-ton red fir from northern Italy.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2021

It has them bamboozled as it circles back toward landscapes it's already burned, storming through magic forests of old-growth red fir and stately stands of sugar pines, their foot-long cones just beginning to mature.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2021

Inej took the cookie from Nina and hurried up to where Kaz and Matthias were watching Wylan fuss with something at the base of a thick red fir.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo