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silver fir

noun

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


silver fir

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of silver fir1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

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.

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

From BBC

Trees that are vulnerable to fire, such as Western hemlock and Pacific silver fir, thrive in these shady sanctuaries.

Huckleberries tend to grow in older clear-cut areas, and around hemlock, beargrass, serviceberry and Pacific silver fir.

The same adelgid was detected in San Francisco in 1928 and has chomped through sub-alpine and silver firs in Idaho, Oregon, California and other areas of the Pacific Northwest in large numbers since the 1950s.

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