Shasta red fir

noun

variants or less commonly Shasta fir

: an immense evergreen tree (Abies magnifica shastensis) of the Pacific coast of North America closely related to the California red fir but less hardy in cultivation

Word History

Etymology

from Mt. Shasta

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