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FRASER FIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fraser fir mean?
• FRASER FIR (noun)
The noun FRASER FIR has 1 sense:
1. small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves
Familiarity information: FRASER FIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Abies fraseri; Fraser fir
Hypernyms ("Fraser fir" is a kind of...):
silver fir (any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath)
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