Meanings
plural red firs
- A fir tree of western North America (Abies magnifica).
[…]in the ape posse, bent on vengeance, traversing landscapes clothed in snow and bristling with California red fir and silver pine, spooking human stragglers, and running across fresh graves as they search for the nameless colonel and try to piece together why the humans are killing each other.
2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV ClubSynonyms: Shasta red fir
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fir tree of western North America (Abies magnifica).
Origin
From the bark colour of the older trees.
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