Library / English Dictionary

ABIES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

True firs

Synonyms:

Abies; genus Abies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Abies" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Abies"):

fir; fir tree; true fir (any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas)

Holonyms ("Abies" is a member of...):

family Pinaceae; Pinaceae; pine family (a family of Pinaceae)

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