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DOUGLAS FIR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("douglas fir" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Meronyms (substance of "douglas fir"):
douglas fir (strong durable timber of a douglas fir)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "douglas fir"):
douglas hemlock; douglas pine; douglas spruce; green douglas fir; Oregon fir; Oregon pine; Pseudotsuga menziesii (lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones)
big-cone douglas fir; big-cone spruce; Pseudotsuga macrocarpa (douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long)
Holonyms ("douglas fir" is a member of...):
genus Pseudotsuga; Pseudotsuga (douglas fir; closely related to genera Larix and Cathaya)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Strong durable timber of a douglas fir
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("douglas fir" is a kind of...):
fir (nonresinous wood of a fir tree)
Holonyms ("douglas fir" is a substance of...):
douglas fir (tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles)