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Fir vs Cypress - What's the difference?

fir | cypress |

As nouns the difference between fir and cypress

is that fir is any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris or a true fir (Abies) while cypress is an evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis

fir

English

(wikipedia fir)

Noun

  • (chiefly, countable, British) Any conifer of a variety of genera, especially a Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris'' or a (true fir) (''Abies ).
  • (chiefly, countable, US) A conifer of the genus Abies .
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  • I can almost smell the fir scent… resinous, pungent.
  • (uncountable) Wood of such trees.
  • Synonyms

    * (all countable senses) fir tree

    Derived terms

    * balsam fir - Abies balsamea * * * * Douglas fir, Douglas-fir - * * fir clubmoss - * * fir-cone * firlike * * firless * firmoss - Huperzia spp. * firry * Fraser fir - * * * jointfir - Ephedra * * * noble fir - * Pacific silver fir - * red fir - Abies spp. * Riga fir - Pinus sylvestris * sacred fir - Abies religiosa * Scotch fir - Pinus sylvestris * sea fir - * silver fir - Abies alba * * * white fir -

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    cypress

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus'' and ''Chamaecyparis
  • silk or cotton gauze fabric, usually black
  • See also

    * (wikipedia "cypress") ----