douglas fir meaning

• Noun: douglas fir
  1. Strong durable timber of a douglas fir 
  2. Tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles

  Type of: conifer, coniferous tree, fir

  Part of: genus Pseudotsuga, Pseudotsuga

  Encyclopedia: Douglas fir

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  [Medicine]
  A plant genus in the family PINACEAE,order Pinales,class Pinopsida,division Coniferophyta. They are coniferous evergreen trees with long,flat,spirally arranged needles that grow directly from the branch.

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Examples

1. bolman has studied regional variation in douglas fir seed yields.
2. qualitative classification of softwood round timber-larches and douglas firs
3. qualitative classification of softwood round timber . larches and douglas firs
4. on mountain slopes that receive plentiful rainfall, huge douglas firs rise in towering columns
5. sawn timber-appearance grading of softwoods-european spruces, firs, pines and douglas fir