abies bracteata

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   a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines

   SynonymsSanta Lucia firbristlecone firAbies venusta

   Broaderfir

Questions about abies bracteata

What does abies bracteata mean?

abies bracteata means "a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines".

What is another word for abies bracteata?

Close synonyms include Santa Lucia fir, bristlecone fir, Abies venusta. 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 bracteata a common word?

abies bracteata 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.