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/dʒˈaɪənt fər/ Listen

Giant fir

noun

Lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves. Synonyms: Abies grandis, grand fir, lowland fir, lowland white fir.

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"Giant fir" Quotes from Famous Books

... forests are very impressive and solemn as the day of judgment; giant fir-trees, pines and spruces, beautifully clothed in perpetual green even to the lower dead limbs which nature has covered with a verdure of moss—like our dead hopes, blasted by the fires of adversity but made radiant by the fore-gleams of immortality. There the bright mistletoe is suspended ...

— The Gentleman from Everywhere • James Henry Foss

Words linked to "Giant fir" : grand fir, Abies grandis, silver fir