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

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

Conditions favored shade-tolerant trees — white fir, red fir and incense cedar — that prefer dense, closed canopies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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