单词 | douglas fir |
释义 | > as lemmasDouglas fir 1. attributive and (occasionally) in the genitive. Designating the coniferous tree Pseudotsuga menziesii and other members of the genus Pseudotsuga (family Pinaceae), which are native to western North America and eastern Asia. Also: designating the wood of such a tree. Chiefly in Douglas fir. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > Douglas fir Nootka fir1803 red fir1844 Oregon pine1845 Douglas fir1850 Oregon fir1853 1834 Q. Jrnl. Agric. 5 No. 27. 443 Douglas's Fir (A. Douglasii). 1850 Horticulturist Jan. 334/2 Douglas Firs, transplanted between August and October 1848. 1856 A. W. Whipple in Rep. (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific III) i. x. 79 Douglass spruce..would afford a better material for railroad ties. 1879 Dundee Courier & Argus 31 Oct. 7/5 The Haidah canoes are often eighty feet long, and have masts..cut from the Douglas pine, a magnificent tree. 1937 Evening News 11 Feb. 8/4 All the Office of Works stands are being constructed of Douglas Fir and Western hemlock from British Columbia. 1947 R. Peattie Sierra Nevada 148 It is called Douglas fir or Douglas spruce indiscriminately. 1970 H. L. Edlin Collins Guide to Tree Planting & Cultivation xix. 286 Where there is less room, the best kind to plant is the blue or Colorado Douglas fir, P. glauca. 1995 Log Home Living Sept. 4 Some softwoods, such as Douglas fir and Southern yellow pine, are suitable and available for floors. 2009 Pacific Northwest Q. 100 86/2 Behind the building were trails through an apparent wilderness of rhododendrons and Douglas firs. < as lemmas |
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