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

Word History and Origins

Origin of silver fir¹

First recorded in 1700–10

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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