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Definition of Abies
1. Noun. True firs.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Pinaceae, Pinaceae, Pine Family
Member holonyms: Fir, Fir Tree, True Fir
Definition of Abies
1. n. A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.
Definition of Abies
1. Verb. (third-person singular of aby) ¹
2. Noun. (context: botany) A tree of the genus Abies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abies
1. a fir tree [n ABIES]
Medical Definition of Abies
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Abies
Literary usage of Abies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"The wood is white, and considered indifferent though readily cleft into
planks.—Hooker't Him. Jour- ; Punjab Report, abies THUNBERGII. ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"abies Nordmanniana. abies pectinata=A. Picea. abies Picea, т abies Pinsapo.
т abies shastensis. abies sibirica. abies Veitchii. ..."
3. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"... (Gordon) Lemmon Sierra white fir* abies durangensis Martinez Durango ...
fir* abies magnifica A. Murray red fir* abies mexicana Martínez Mexican ..."
4. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"Many think abies nobilis the finest of evergreens, and for exquisite richness
... It is not unimportant to note here that abies nobilis displays much NOBLE ..."
5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"... 2 abies out of 12; 1 Taxodium; 1 Thuja out of 2; 1 Chamaecyparis out of 3;
... Picea orien- talis, while the Spanish abies Pinsapo will always attract ..."
6. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"The silver fir (abies grandis) and the white fir (abies concolor) supply much
wood in the ... BALSAM FIR (abies balsamea). Fir trees have flat, scattered, ..."
7. Gardening in California: Landscape and Flower by John McLaren (1908)
"abies (Fir). A genus of about twenty-five species, all giving a grand effect in
the landscape, whether in group form or singly in the park or lawn. ..."
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