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Definition of Abies fraseri
1. Noun. Small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abies Fraseri
Literary usage of Abies fraseri
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pinetum: Being a Synopsis of All the Coniferous Plants at Present Known by George Gordon, Robert Glendinning (1858)
"Pinus Fraseri, Pursh, „ Abies fraseri, Lindley. Leaves, solitary, irregularly
two-rowed, ... Abies fraseri nana, Hort. „ „ balsamea prostrata, Knight. ..."
2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir. Fraser's Balsam Fir. Fig. 149. Pinus Fraseri Pursh, FI.
Am. Sept. ... Abies fraseri Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Suppl. 5 : 35. 1817. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1877)
"... Dr. Engelmann, of St. Louis, spoke of the characters and geographical distribution
of Abies fraseri. It closely resembled the common balsam, ..."
4. Veitch's Manual of the Coniferae: Containing a General Review of the Order by Adolphus Henry Kent (1900)
"... Abies fraseri. A slender short-lived tree with a trunk rarely attaining a
height of 70 feet and a diameter of 2'5 feet ; more commonly 30—40 feet high ..."
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