silver fir

American  

noun

1. a coniferous tree, Abies alba, native to Europe, the young branches of which are covered with grayish fuzz.

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silver fir British  

noun

1. any of various fir trees the leaves of which have a silvery undersurface, esp Abies alba, an important timber tree of central and S Europe

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Etymology

Origin of silver fir

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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silver fir

After winding through an old-growth forest dominated by hemlock, silver fir and cedar, at the 1-mile mark, the trail turns into a rock scramble.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

"If you want a slimmer tree with a lovely smell, go for a Fraser fir or a silver fir," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2020

How do they know that their eggs will hatch in such holes, or, after they hatch, that the soft, helpless grubs will find the right sort of nourishment in silver fir sap?

From My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir

And how many other radiant resiny sun trees are here and higher up,—libocedrus, Douglas spruce, silver fir, sequoia.

From My First Summer in the Sierra by John Muir

From oak and chaparral to pines and bear clover, silver fir, and nature-made gardens of columbine, red snow plant, and cyclamen we mounted, and then still higher to a silent tamarack country.

From In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making by George Palmer Putnam