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Douglas fir red fir, yellow fir, B.C. fir [< David Douglas, Scottish botanist, 1799-1834]

• 1 Pseudotsuga taxifolia, the largest tree native to Canada.

  See also: Douglas  false hemlock  Oregon pine   

  • 1877  The hillsides and the country beyond support a growth of splendid spruce, black pine, and Douglas fir. . . .
  • 1958  . . . the survival of the wonderful Douglas Fir as a Canadian species . . . seems assured through the forest-management licenses of recent years.
  • 1963  We plundered the lordly pine of eastern Canada and even now we are slaughtering the giant Douglas firs of the Pacific coast.

• 2 the wood of this tree.

  • 1888  The hotel is furnished throughout in red and yellow Douglas fir and white pine, oiled and varnished.
  • 1952  Douglas fir is one of the best structural timbers, and is used in the construction of buildings and bridges.
  • 1958  . . . his is perhaps the only building in Canada paneled in B.C. softwoods--in cedar, pine and hemlock and . . . plain Douglas Fir ply. . . .