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fir

[fur] / fɜr /
NOUN
evergreen
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Small amounts of fir and beech were also present.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

The Douglas fir was the focus of their study.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Ford’s fir and birch-burners are radiant examples of human-made art triumphing over digital manufacture.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025

The gentle slopes of Ukraine's Carpathian mountains, smothered in brilliant green spruce and fir trees, stretch into the distance.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

It was a lush and mysterious landscape, a dense wood of dizzyingly tall fir trees that covered the rolling mountains like a living blanket of green.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The goal was to investigate a famous group of giant Taiwania firs known as the 'Chilan Three Sisters'.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

Would retaining a subset of old firs help new ones to thrive?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Across the river on a span built by Romans and following the path through firs and beech, we soon reach a bend where the Irati turns back south.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

The two creeks flow through rocky canyons shaded by pines and Douglas firs, where ferns grow along the banks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024

Deep in the forest, high in the mountains—amidst the evergreens, the firs, the spruces—sits a giant panda.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh




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