true fir

Questions about true fir

What does true fir mean?

true fir means "any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas".

What is another word for true fir?

Close synonyms include fir, fir tree. 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 true fir a common word?

true 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.