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FIR TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fir tree mean? 

FIR TREE (noun)
  The noun FIR TREE has 1 sense:

1. any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areasplay

  Familiarity information: FIR TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIR TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fir; fir tree; true fir

Hypernyms ("fir tree" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Meronyms (parts of "fir tree"):

fir cone (the seed-producing cone of a fir tree)

Meronyms (substance of "fir tree"):

fir (nonresinous wood of a fir tree)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fir tree"):

silver fir (any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath)

Abies bracteata; Abies venusta; bristlecone fir; Santa Lucia fir (a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines)

Holonyms ("fir tree" is a member of...):

Abies; genus Abies (true firs)


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