Douglas fir

noun

a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.

Douglas fir

noun

Also called: Oregon fir.�� Oregon pine.��a North American pyramidal coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, widely planted for ornament and for timber, having needle-like leaves and hanging cones: family Pinaceae

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Douglas fir¹

1855–60; named after David Douglas (1798–1834), Scottish botanist and traveler in America

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Douglas fir¹

C19: named after David Douglas (1798–1834), Scottish botanist

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It was supported by more than 4,400 pilings — 70-foot Douglas fir beams driven about 20 feet into the ocean floor.

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The soap is said to smell like Sweeney’s childhood homeland, the Pacific Northwest, so anyone who has a warm and innocent association with that area’s pine, Douglas fir and earthy moss essence is likely to have that completely ruined.

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Up close and personal, the musk of the odor dissipated, and I breathed in the grounding spice of the cedar and the energizing citrus notes of the Douglas fir.

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Exterior walls, built from Douglas fir, were freshly oiled and flammable.

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Last year’s Lake fire torched stands of old-growth Douglas fir that can serve as owl nesting and roosting refuges in the Figueroa Mountain area of the roughly 1.75-million-acre Los Padres forest, reducing them to what looks like “a bunch of toothpicks in the ground,” Vizzachero said.

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