Definition of Scotch fir

1. Noun. Medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark.

Exact synonyms: Pinus Sylvestris, Scotch Pine, Scots Pine
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotch Fir

Scotch
Scotch Game
Scotch Tape
Scotch and soda
Scotch asphodel
Scotch broom
Scotch broth
Scotch cramp
Scotch crow
Scotch crows
Scotch egg
Scotch eggs
Scotch fillet
Scotch fillets
Scotch finger
Scotch fir (current term)
Scotch gale
Scotch hands
Scotch kiss
Scotch laburnum
Scotch marigold
Scotch pancake
Scotch pine
Scotch tape
Scotch terrier
Scotch thistle
Scotch whiskey
Scotch whiskies
Scotch whisky
Scotch woodcock

Literary usage of Scotch fir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"... great owing to their possession of large forest areas. They also export large quantities of wood-pulp to other countries. In Europe the „, Scotch fir ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In Britain natural forests of Scotch fir of any extent are only now found in ... The Scotch fir is a very variable tree, and certain varieties have acquired ..."

3. The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two by Hugh Miller (1857)
"(Scotch fir.) forests of the country, which may be seen far in the background, clothing with its shaggy covering of deep green the lower hill-slopes. ..."

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