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Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fir has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

firn. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. föhre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.].
     A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus.  [1913 Webster]
    " Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three species of pine."  J. D. Hooker.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fir, n.
1 (in full fir-tree) any evergreen coniferous tree, esp. of the genus Abies, with needles borne singly on the stems (cf. PINE(1)).
2 the wood of the fir.

Idiom
fir-cone the fruit of the fir.
Derivative
firry adj.
Etymology
ME, prob. f. ON fyri- f. Gmc
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