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silver fir
noun
- a coniferous tree, Abies alba, native to Europe, the young branches of which are covered with grayish fuzz.
silver fir
noun
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of silver fir1
First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences
No tree takes the snow stress with such ease as the silver fir.
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Close to the long stone wall shone the silver-fir that shielded the bee-city against the west wind.
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Such a sight may be seen in Europe among the high silver-fir forests of the Pyrenees.
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The floor was bedded down a foot deep with springy silver fir boughs, laid butts down and toward the foot.
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They had left the silver fir belt and were in the region of dwarfed mountain pines.
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