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PACIFIC SILVER FIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pacific silver fir mean? 

PACIFIC SILVER FIR (noun)
  The noun PACIFIC SILVER FIR has 1 sense:

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

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


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PACIFIC SILVER FIR (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Christmas tree; Pacific silver fir; red silver fir; white fir

Hypernyms ("Pacific silver fir" is a kind of...):

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


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