abies balsamea

1. 1.

   medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees

   Synonymsbalsam firbalm of GileadCanada balsam

   Broadersilver fir

Questions about abies balsamea

What does abies balsamea mean?

abies balsamea means "medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees".

What is another word for abies balsamea?

Close synonyms include balsam fir, balm of Gilead, Canada balsam. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abies balsamea a common word?

abies balsamea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.