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SUBALPINE FIR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subalpine fir mean?
• SUBALPINE FIR (noun)
The noun SUBALPINE FIR has 1 sense:
1. medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
Familiarity information: SUBALPINE FIR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Abies lasiocarpa; Alpine fir; subalpine fir
Hypernyms ("subalpine fir" is a kind of...):
silver fir (any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath)
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