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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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