Definition of Fraser fir

1. Noun. Small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves.

Exact synonyms: Abies Fraseri
Generic synonyms: Silver Fir

Definition of Fraser fir

1. Noun. A North American species of fir tree (''Abies fraseri''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraser Fir

Franz Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Kline
Franz Kafka
Franz Kline
Franz Lehar
Franz Liszt
Franz Peter Schubert
Franz Schubert
Franz Seraph Peter Schubert
Franz Werfel
Frascati
Fraser
Fraser-Lendrum stain
Fraser Island
Fraser fir
Fraser firs
Frasera
Frasera speciosa
Fraserburgh
Fratercula
Fratercula arctica
Fratercula corniculata
Frau
Fraunce
Frauncis
Fraunhofer's lines
Fraunhofer line
Fraxinus Americana
Fraxinus caroliniana

Literary usage of Fraser fir

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

1. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"Fraser fir Exclusively a mountain Fir confined to Mountain the southern Alleghanies, ... The Fraser fir is distributed through the mountains of Va. ..."

2. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"Yield of decoration greenery from Fraser fir Christmas trees. ... Proposes dedicating small parts of Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) Christmas tree plantations ..."

3. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1921)
"Plantings will be made from time to time of promising species, and also Fraser fir and spruce corning up naturally in the uncut forests. ..."

4. North American Forest Research: Investigative Projects in Forestry and by Earle Hart Clapp (1920)
"A number of seed plots sown in different locations with seed of red spruce, Norway spruce, hemlock, and locally collected Fraser fir. ..."

5. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products. Bibliography January 92-January 95 by Raymond Dobert (1995)
"... Buds; Callus 75 NAL Call No: 81 SO12 Histology of in vitro adventitious bud development on cotyledons and hypocotyls of Fraser fir. ..."

6. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"The balsam and Fraser fir are the only native species in the East. Several species are common in the West. The Douglas spruce or fir of western United ..."

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