The road was covered with fir needles. 这条路上铺满了冷杉针叶。
are these prices fir offers? 是实价吗?
Fir cones make splendid fuel. 冷杉毬果做出了不起的燃料。
fir
[ noun ]
nonresinous wood of a fir tree
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any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
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Fir \Fir\ (f[~e]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f["o]hre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.) 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}.
Note: Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three species of pine. --J. D. Hooker.
Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[=i]n, L. pinus.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See {Pinus}.
Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the {white pine} ({Pinus Strobus}), the {Georgia pine} ({Pinus australis}), the {red pine} ({Pinus resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({Pinus Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine} ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. ※ The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera.
2. The wood of the pine tree.
3. A pineapple.
{Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
{Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the {Araucaria excelsa}.
{Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.]
{Pine borer} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into pine trees.
{Pine finch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
{Pine grosbeak} (Zo["o]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red.
{Pine lizard} (Zo["o]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and {alligator}.
{Pine marten}. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}. (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
{Pine moth} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[ae] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage.
{Pine mouse} (Zo["o]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests.
{Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
{Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
{Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
{Pine snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({Pituophis Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
{Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
{Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the {pine tree shilling}.
{Pine weevil} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
{Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood wool}.
"That will be an issue" in any lawsuits filed relating to the collapses of sections of Interstate 880 freeway or the Bay Bridge, said Alan Ashby, spokesman fir the state attorney general.
Canada alleges that Japan discriminates against Canadian lumber exports by assessing an 8% tariff on Canadian spruce, pine and fir, while exports of similar species from the U.S. are allowed to enter duty-free.
"They won't know it's artificial unless you tell them," reads a tag on a 7.5-foot, soft-needled Douglas fir at Hudson Valley that retails for $229, comes with a 10-year guarantee and has 75 individual branches.
Herbicides are sprayed on timberlands in the Pacific Northwest to control competing vegetation that might otherwise overwhelm newly planted Douglas fir seedlings.
Johnson said growers averaged about $12 per tree last year, while wholesale prices averaged about $20. Most trees _ Douglas fir and Scotch pine _ retailed for $3 to $3.50 per foot.
What will he miss the most? "That," he said simply, pointing to the 5-foot-tall skeleton of a fir tree that looked like it was welded out of iron.
The winner was a voluptuous eight-foot-tall Fraser fir grown by Ronald and Dorothy Palmer of Mossyrock, Wash.
Chestnuts, and forerunners of the traditional fir Yule log, were roasting in volcanic fires 48 million years ago in north-central Washington, before there were noses for Jack Frost to nip.
From Temple Square in Salt Lake City, 325 singers, hundreds of poinsettias and fir trees, and the 11,000 pipes of the Mormon Tabernacle organ accompany Ms. Verrett in a concert of favorite carols.
Walt Disney World's celebration of Christmas kicks off Nov. 30 with the lighting of two Douglas fir trees at the Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center.
While removing the ban it imposed last June on new logging of old-growth fir within 2.1 miles of a spotted owl site, the court said environmental groups could ask a federal judge to forbid sales from specific sites as they are proposed.