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BALSAM FIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balsam fir mean? 

BALSAM FIR (noun)
  The noun BALSAM FIR has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas treesplay

  Familiarity information: BALSAM FIR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BALSAM FIR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Abies balsamea; balm of Gilead; balsam fir; Canada balsam

Hypernyms ("balsam fir" is a kind of...):

silver fir (any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath)


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