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firAny 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.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big fir tree. 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. I am not--but I shall be there--in the fir grove behind the house, with two horses. |
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