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Definition of Amabilis fir
1. Noun. Medium to tall fir of western North America having a conic crown and branches in tiers; leaves smell of orange when crushed.
Generic synonyms: Silver Fir
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amabilis Fir
Literary usage of Amabilis fir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1915)
"The cedar and amabilis fir are in good condition, whereas the hemlock ... Much of
the amabilis fir is still immature, and is fairly good as to- quality and ..."
2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"These were grouped into sites dominated by western hemlock (4 sites), western
red cedar (4), Sitka spruce (5) and amabilis fir (1), although all sites ..."
3. Forest Trees of the Pacific Slope by George Bishop Sudworth (1908)
"amabilis fir is known by woodsmen as "white" fir or "silver" fir, from the white,
smooth bark. Woodsmen distinguished it from the grand fir (Abies grandis), ..."
4. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"Pinaceae An equally large fir with very whitish Silver Fir gray bark 80-150 and
in favorable situa- amabilis fir tions fully 200 feet high, ..."
5. Chemistry of Pulp and Paper Making by Edwin Sutermeister (1920)
"... largely on the Pacific coast and in the Rocky Mountain region are lowland fir,
Abies grandis; white fir, Abies concolor; amabilis fir, Abies amabilis; ..."
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