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fir tree

noun

any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas

• Syn: ↑fir, ↑true fir

• Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree

• Hyponyms: ↑silver fir, ↑Santa Lucia fir, ↑bristlecone fir, ↑Abies bracteata, ↑Abies venusta

• Member Holonyms: ↑Abies, ↑genus Abies

• Substance Meronyms: ↑fir

• Part Meronyms: ↑fir cone

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fir tree noun

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Main Entry: ↑fir

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n. see fir

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fir [fir firs] [fɜː(r)] [fɜːr] (also ˈfir tree) noun

an ↑evergreen forest tree with leaves like needles

 

Word Origin:

late Middle English: probably from Old Norse fyri- (recorded in fyriskógr ‘fir wood’).

Useful english dictionary. 2012.