douglas fir

1. 1.

   strong durable timber of a douglas fir

   Broaderfir
2. 2.

   tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles

   Broaderconifer

   Narrowergreen douglas firbig-cone spruce

   Part ofPseudotsuga

Questions about douglas fir

What does douglas fir mean?

douglas fir means "strong durable timber of a douglas fir". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is douglas fir a common word?

douglas fir is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.