fir

Example Sentences

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The Douglas fir was the focus of their study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A canopy of Jeffrey pine, red fir and incense cedar shaded the trail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

Forest is more valuable there than in the South due to high prices for logs from Douglas fir trees that often are exported to Asia.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

The gentle slopes of Ukraine's Carpathian mountains, smothered in brilliant green spruce and fir trees, stretch into the distance.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

Only the streets aren’t covered in snow, and the trees here are palms, not fir or pine.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya