单词 | pitch fir |
释义 | > as lemmaspitch fir pitch fir n. now rare any of several coniferous trees which yield resin, including the Norway spruce, Picea abies, the silver fir, Abies alba, and the Siberian fir, A. sibirica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > pines and allies > pitch-pines hard pine1531 pitch tree1538 torch-tree1601 pitch pine1662 piceaster1664 pitch1674 pitch fir1726 swamp pine1851 1726 R. Bradley New Improvem. Planting & Gardening (ed. 5) App. 543 The Sorts of Firs are, the Scots Fir, the Silver Fir, the Norway Fir, and the Pitch Fir. 1763 J. Bell Trav. from St. Petersburg I. 216 The trees are chiefly pitch-fir, rising like a pyramid, with long spreading branches hanging to the ground. 1780 tr. U. von Troil Lett. on Iceland 41 The growth of..Norway pitch-firs. 1867 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 581/1 The Silver Fir, also called the Pitch Fir (Picea pectinata [= Abies alba]), displays a greater depth of branches than the other firs. 1999 TGA Approved Terminol. Medicines (Dept. of Health & Ageing, Australia) i. 213 (table) Abies sibirica..Siberian pitch fir. < as lemmas |
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