DCHP-2
silver pine DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a slender evergreen, Abies balsamea, found in Canada from northeastern Alberta eastward, the source of Canada balsam (def. 1).
See also: balsam (fir) (def. 1)
- 1824 (1955) The descent is steep & covered with such a luxuriance of brush wood and a kind of Silver Pine (the Canadians name Sapin before mentioned) degenerated into a low shrub growing in feathery branches rising from a low Knotty root. . . .
- 1883 The sides of the mountains for a considerable height are well timbered with spruce, poplar, silver pine, and hemlock.
- 1956 Balsam Fir [is also called] silver pine . . . Canadian fir.
- 1824 (1955) The descent is steep & covered with such a luxuriance of brush wood and a kind of Silver Pine (the Canadians name Sapin before mentioned) degenerated into a low shrub growing in feathery branches rising from a low Knotty root. . . .