FIR TREE
Dictionary entry overview: What does fir tree mean?
• FIR TREE (noun)
The noun FIR TREE has 1 sense:
1. any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
Familiarity information: FIR TREE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FIR TREE (noun)
Meaning:
Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fir tree; true fir; fir
Hypernyms ("fir tree" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Meronyms (parts of "fir tree"):
fir cone (the seed-producing cone of a fir tree)
Meronyms (substance of "fir tree"):
fir (nonresinous wood of a fir tree)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fir tree"):
silver fir (any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath)
Abies bracteata; Abies venusta; bristlecone fir; Santa Lucia fir (a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines)
Holonyms ("fir tree" is a member of...):
Abies; genus Abies (true firs)
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