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Definition of Red silver 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Silver Fir

Literary usage of Red silver fir

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Pulp and Paper Making: A Practical Treatise by George Strong Witham (1920)
"Range—-From British Columbia (Fraser river and southward in the Cascade Common Names—Red Fir; red silver fir (Western Mountains); Fir (Cal. ..."

2. Report by California State Board of Forestry (1888)
"Closely associated with this tree, but more commonly represented, is the variety Magnifica, the magnificent red silver fir (known as red fir). ..."

3. Our National Parks by John Muir (1901)
"Once when I was collecting flowers of the red silver fir near a summer tourist resort on the mountains above Lake Ta- hoe, I carried a handful of flowery ..."

4. Our National Parks by John Muir (1901)
"Once when I was collecting flowers of the red silver fir near a summer tourist resort on the mountains above Lake Ta- hoe, I carried a handful of flowery ..."

5. Our National Parks by John Muir (1901)
"Once when I was collecting flowers of the red silver fir near a summer tourist resort on the mountains above Lake Ta- hoe, I carried a handful of flowery ..."

6. Yosemite Trails: Camp and Pack-train in the Yosemite Region of the Sierra Nevada by Joseph Smeaton Chase (1911)
"At about the altitude of the Yosemite Valley the white silver fir (Abies concolor) appears, and soon after, the red silver fir ..."

7. Yosemite Trails: Camp and Pack-train in the Yosemite Region of the Sierra Nevada by Joseph Smeaton Chase (1911)
"... the red silver fir (Abies magnified). A few of the former may be found in the valley, growing along the southern side; but the true fir-zone lies at ..."

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