white fir

noun

a tall, narrow fir, Abies concolor, of western North America, yielding a soft wood used for lumber, pulp, boxes, etc.
the wood of this tree.
any of various similar firs of western North America, or their wood.

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

The meadow, bordered by red and white fir and Jeffrey and lodgepole pine, offers an attractive but cold campsite.

The white fir grew to a much larger tree than the Balm-of-Gilead he had known in the East, and the lower branches were tough.

Here and there are charming little nurseries of tiny and growing yellow pines and white fir.

On our way we pass through the most remarkable white fir nursery we have yet seen.

The Norway spruce, or white fir (P. excelsa), is the chief European species.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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