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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 crushed
Familiarity information: PACIFIC SILVER FIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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