Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of trees, the firs, of the suborder Abietineæ, natural order Coniferæ, some of which are valuable for their timber.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.
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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
aby . - noun botany A
tree of the genusAbies .
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- noun true firs
Etymologies
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Examples
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P. obovata is a sibling species of Picea abies which is very widespread across northern Eurasia.
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The fourth is an abies koreana, whose party trick is blue fir cones.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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It shows the Ogden children with the Ogden tree, the abies koreana.
Archive 2009-08-01 Jean 2009
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It shows the Ogden children with the Ogden tree, the abies koreana.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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The fourth is an abies koreana, whose party trick is blue fir cones.
Archive 2009-08-01 Jean 2009
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Production of Picea abies in south-east Norway in response to climate change: a case study using process-based model simulation with field validation.
Climate change in relation to carbon uptake and carbon storage in the Arctic 2009
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Principal forest species include Scots pine Pinus silvestris, Norway spruce Picea abies, hornbeam Carpinus betulus, little-leaved lime Tilia cordata, oak Quercus robur, sycamore Acer platanoides, maple Acer spp., ash Fraxinus excelsior, downy and white birch Betula pubescens and B. verrucosa, aspen Populus tremula and black alder Alnus glutinosa.
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In the boreal region, the most common trees are Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Norway spruce (Picea abies), silver birch (Betula pendula), and downy birch (B. pubescens).
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Norway spruce (Picea abies) presently occurs throughout Fennoscandia and Russia, more or less as far north as the shore of the Arctic Ocean.
Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009
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Climate change and the effect of temperature backlashes causing frost damage in Picea abies [An article from: Global and Planetary Change] by A.M. Jonsson
hernesheir commented on the word abies
Genus name for the various species of true fir trees.
August 28, 2009