Definition of Alpine fir

1. Noun. Medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown.

Exact synonyms: Abies Lasiocarpa, Subalpine Fir
Generic synonyms: Silver Fir

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpine Fir

Alpha Orionis
Alpha cells
Alpha tests
Alphard
Alpheratz
Alphonse
Alphonse Bertillon
Alphonse Capone
Alphonsine
Alphonso
Alpine
Alpine anemone
Alpine besseya
Alpine celery pine
Alpine enchanter's nightshade
Alpine fir (current term)
Alpine glacier
Alpine golden chain
Alpine lady fern
Alpine lift
Alpine mouse-ear
Alpine scurvy
Alpine type of glacier
Alpine woodsia
Alpinia
Alpinia Zerumbet
Alpinia galanga
Alpinia officinalis
Alpinia officinarum
Alpinia purpurata

Literary usage of Alpine fir

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

1. Handbook of West-American Cone-bearers by John Gill Lemmon (1900)
"1—Sub-Alpine fir - - A. lasiocarpa, Nuttall. Rare on high peaks of the Northwest. Bark thin and milk-white outside; cone small, ..."

2. Bulletin of the University of Montana by Mont University of Montana (Missoula, University of Montana (Missoula, Mont.) (1903)
"The alpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa (Hook) Nutt.): This tree is also known as the ... The alpine fir, as its name implies, is a tree of the alpine regions. ..."

3. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"The chief species are cedar, hemlock, Englemann spruce, Douglas fir, Lodgepole pine, Alpine fir and White pine. Northward on the Clearwater River, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters by Society of American Foresters (1912)
"... designated as the Engelmann spruce type, alpine-fir type, Engelmann spruce-alpine fir type, upper slope type, sub-alpine type, and alpine type. ..."

5. Timber Conditions in the Pine Region of Minnesota by Horace Beemer Ayres (1900)
"See Alder, white. Alnus tenuifolia. See Alder, paper-leaf. Alpine fir. See Fir, alpine. Alpine-fir type, composition and character in ..."

6. Mazama: A Record of Mountaineering in the Pacific Northwest by Or Mazamas (Portland, Mazamas (Portland, Or.) (1907)
"Alaska Cedar appeared at a little above 4000 feet, but was only observed about Slate Mountain. The White-bark Pine, Alpine fir and Alpine ..."

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