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fir

Any of a group of conifer trees belonging to the pine family. The true firs include the balsam fir (A. balsamea) of northern North America and the silver fir (A. alba) of Europe and Asia. Douglas firs of the genus Pseudotsuga are native to western North America and the Far East. (True fir genus Abies, family Pinaceae.)



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Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.
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