Alpine fir

Alpine fir
noun
medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
Hypernyms: ↑silver fir

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noun
: a tall Rocky mountain evergreen timber tree (Abies lasiocarpa) having flat blue-green leaves and upright cones

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a fir, Abies lasiocarpa, of the Rocky Mountains, yielding a soft, brittle wood used for making boxes, crates, etc.
[1895-1900]

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Alpine fir,
a fir native to western North America, growing especially in mountainous regions and having a pale-yellow or white wood of commercial value for lumber.

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