white fir

noun

1. medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed

• Syn: ↑amabilis fir, ↑Pacific silver fir, ↑red silver fir, ↑Christmas tree, ↑Abies amabilis

• Hypernyms: ↑silver fir

2. medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood

• Syn: ↑Colorado fir, ↑California white fir, ↑Abies concolor, ↑Abies lowiana

• Hypernyms: ↑silver fir

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noun

1.

a. : any of several firs of western America: as

(1) : a tree (Abies concolor) with a narrow erect crown, pale foliage, and soft wood that is used for lumber — called also California white fir, Colorado fir

(2) : lowland fir

(3) : amabilis fir

(4) : alpine fir

b. : the wood of a white fir

2. Britain : norway spruce; also : its wood

3. : a Chinese evergreen tree (Cupressus funebris) with gracefully drooping branches

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1. a tall, narrow fir, Abies concolor, of western North America, yielding a soft wood used for lumber, pulp, boxes, etc.

2. the wood of this tree.

3. any of various similar firs of western North America, or their wood.

[1880-85, Amer.]

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white fir,

1. any one of various firs, especially a large fir of the Rocky Mountains, having pale foliage and soft wood suitable for lumber.

2. = lowland fir. (Cf. ↑lowland fir)

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n. a North American fir that has a whitish coloration on both sides of its flat needles. White firs are common in the mountainous coastal areas of California, the Sierra Nevada, and the southern Rockies. ● Abies concolor, family Pinaceae