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Definition of Scotch fir
1. Noun. Medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark.
Generic synonyms: Pine, Pine Tree, True Pine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scotch Fir
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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