| 单词 | white fir |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite fir white fir n. †(a) a European coniferous tree (perhaps the silver fir Abies alba, or the Norway spruce, Picea abies) (obsolete rare); (b) any of various North American coniferous trees, (in later use) spec. Abies concolor of the south-western United States. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > fir-tree spurch1295 firc1381 fir-treea1382 mast tree1597 white fir1605 Scotch fir1673 silver fir1707 Scotchman1807 fir balsam1810 Alpine fir1819 deal treea1825 pinsapo1839 fir-pine1843 red fir1852 grand fir1874 mountain balsam1878 Shasta fir1897 Santa Lucia fir1905 1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick 2nd Index sig. Fff1v The first is the common firre tree, which of the Simplicists is called the white firre tree [G. weiss Thannen], or abies candida. 1749 Rep. Comm. Hudson's Bay 22 The trees there are all white Fir, but do not produce Turpentine, nor are they fit for Masts. 1850 A. J. Allen Ten Years in Oregon v. 52 They found the red and white fir, spoken of by Clark and Lewis. 1948 Pacific Discov. Mar. 7/2 Sequoias become established most easily..on cool north and east slopes with sugar pine and white fir. 2007 M. Gloss Hearts of Horses (2008) xxii. 188 They..began climbing through an open country of pine and spruce and white fir. < as lemmas |
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