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| Main Entry: |
fir
 [fur] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evergreen |
| Synonyms: | alpine, cedar, conifer, douglas, pine, wood |
| Notes: | a fir is any of various evergreen trees; fur is the pelt or coat of an animal, or a garment made of the fur of an animal pine, fir, and spruce are quite different from each other - though they are all conifers; pine has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves and spruce is a type of fir; the only scientific difference between a spruce and a fir is that spruces have rectangular needles while firs have flat needle-shaped leaves |
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- All of it has led to an explosion of insect-killed trees in conifer forests.
- Breeding: mainly boreal forests, a few in mixed or deciduous forests and conifer plantations.
- Conifer and palmlike cycad trees and ferns dominated the landscape.
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