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Balsam fir   /bˈɔlsəm fər/   Listen
Balsam fir

noun
1.
Medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees.  Synonyms: Abies balsamea, balm of Gilead, Canada balsam.





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"Balsam fir" Quotes from Famous Books



... is it seen to stand up above all other peaks. It takes its name from a landslide which occurred many years ago down its steep northern side, or down the neck of the grazing steed. The mane of spruce and balsam fir was stripped away for many hundred feet, leaving a long gray streak visible ...
— In the Catskills • John Burroughs


Words linked to "Balsam fir" :   silver fir, Abies balsamea


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