SILVER FIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silver fir mean? 

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

1. any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILVER FIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

fir; fir tree; true fir (any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas)

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

Abies amabilis; amabilis fir; Christmas tree; Pacific silver fir; red silver fir; white fir (medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed)

Abies alba; Christmas tree; European silver fir (tall timber tree of central and southern Europe having a regular crown and grey bark)

Abies concolor; Abies lowiana; California white fir; Colorado fir; white fir (medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood)

Abies balsamea; balm of Gilead; balsam fir; Canada balsam (medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees)

Abies fraseri; Fraser fir (small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves)

Abies grandis; giant fir; grand fir; lowland fir; lowland white fir (lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves)

Abies lasiocarpa; Alpine fir; subalpine fir (medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown)