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Definition of Abies venusta
1. Noun. A pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines.
Generic synonyms: Fir, Fir Tree, True Fir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abies Venusta
Literary usage of Abies venusta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"Abies venusta Koch. SANTA LUCIA FIB. Plate 34, figs. 4-6. Abies venusta Koch,
Dendr., vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 210 (1873) ; Lemmon, 3rd Rep. Cal. Board For., p. ..."
2. The Trees of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1909)
"Abies venusta grows in canons or on sheltered slopes or sometimes on the summit
of rocky ridges. It is confined to the Santa Lucia Mountains overhanging the ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1919)
"Species marked U occur also in the Upper Sonoran Zone; those marked C occur also
in the Canadian. Plants Abies concolor L. & G. C ? Abies venusta (Dougl. ..."
4. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"The Santa Lucia Mountain region embraces, chiefly or entirely, the distributional
areas of Pinus radiata, Abies venusta, Cupressus macrocarpa. and Cupressus ..."
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