Balsam Fir Definition

noun
A North American evergreen tree (Abies balsamea) having a pyramidal shape and flattened needles. It is used for pulpwood and yields Canada balsam.
American Heritage
A flat-needled evergreen tree (Abies balsamea) of the pine family, native to Canada and the N U.S.: it yields Canada balsam and a soft wood, and is used as a Christmas tree.
Webster's New World

A North American species of fir tree (Abies balsamea).

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Noun

Singular:
balsam fir
Plural:
balsam-firs

Balsam Fir Sentence Examples

  • The balsam fir and in the south the red cedar occur in scant quantities; more widely distributed, but growing only under marked local conditions, is the yellow or Alaska cedar, a very hard and durable wood of fine grain and pleasant odour.

  • The flora of the Hudsonian and the Canadian zone consists largely of white and black spruce, tamarack, canoe-birch, balsam-poplar, balsam-fir, aspen and grey pine.

  • Rockdale Wreaths offers a large selection of fresh Christmas wreaths made from Balsam Fir.

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