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Definition of Silver fir
1. Noun. Any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath.
Specialized synonyms: Abies Amabilis, Amabilis Fir, Christmas Tree, Pacific Silver Fir, Red Silver Fir, White Fir, Abies Alba, Christmas Tree, European Silver Fir, Abies Concolor, Abies Lowiana, California White Fir, Colorado Fir, White Fir, Abies Balsamea, Balm Of Gilead, Balsam Fir, Canada Balsam, Abies Fraseri, Fraser Fir, Abies Grandis, Giant Fir, Grand Fir, Lowland Fir, Lowland White Fir, Abies Lasiocarpa, Alpine Fir, Subalpine Fir
Definition of Silver fir
1. Noun. A common name for ''Abies alba'', a large evergreen coniferous tree native to Europe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silver Fir
Literary usage of Silver fir
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Wherefore some try to define the time for the cutting of each tree ; for instance
for fir and silver- fir the time is, they say, when they begin to peel 2 ..."
2. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"But since they strip the bark of2 hardly any trees except silver-fir fir and
pine, these trees are cut in the spring ; for then is the time of coming into ..."
3. The American Agriculturist (1843)
"THE silver fir.—(Fio. 36.) This is more usually found in Nova Scotia, the Canadas,
and northern states; but it occasionally flourishes on the high mountains ..."
4. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1891)
"The Grecian silver fir starts earlier, and is most remarkable of all for an early
coating of the lovely young growth peculiar to the silver firs. ..."
5. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"The Grecian silver fir starts earlier, and is most remarkable of all for an early
coating of the lovely young growth peculiar to the silver firs. ..."
6. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1871)
"Chesnut is invariably used for blacksmiths' charcoal. Magnolia has a disagreeable
odour, and laurel burns very badly. According to Hooker, the silver fir ..."
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