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red fir
noun
- any of several firs, as Abies magnifica, of the western U.S., having a reddish bark.
- the light, soft wood of these trees.
red fir
noun
- a North American coniferous tree, Abies magnifica , having reddish wood valued as timber: family Pinaceae
- any of various other pinaceous trees that have reddish wood
- the wood of any of these trees
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The ski terrain in the area includes everything from steep, north-facing chutes to low-angle tree skiing through old-growth red fir.
Red fir (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) the largest variety in the Park, sometimes attaining a diameter of five feet.
Most of the trees here are red fir and mountain pine, some of them being of large size, and noble specimens.
Close at hand is a glorious specimen of red fir, fully four and a half feet in diameter.
The chief difference between the white and red fir is in the spiculae or leaves.
From which states do we get most of our yellow pine, spruce, red fir, redwood?
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