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GIANT FIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does giant fir mean? 

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

1. lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leavesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GIANT FIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abies grandis; giant fir; grand fir; lowland fir; lowland white fir

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

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


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