noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fir cone
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
balsam
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At night, they lay on beds made from the branches of balsam firs .
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I spotted it briefly as it hopped among the thick branches of a balsam fir close above me.
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The balsam fir , which had not shown much decline prior to 1986, also began to be diminished.
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Here is also a carpet of two-to three-inch-tall balsam firs , and similarly-sized red maples.
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The balsam fir did not appear to be affected at all, or at least not much.
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The red spruces and balsam firs that dominated the vegetation near the mountaintop thrived under high rainfall and cool temperatures.
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There are also maple, spruce, pine and balsam fir saplings, and patches of wild raspberries and blueberries.
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The berm was now covered with a strip of forest, primarily of balsam fir and red maples.
cone
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There were sudden sharp sounds, a fir cone dropping to the ground, a seagull.
tree
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When I enter the hushed assembly of the fir trees , I see the cathedral of all religions.
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The next winter, the fir tree was chosen for a Christmas tree.
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It's been a long day of trundling past an infinity of fir trees , and photographer Ridgers has hardly survived it.
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The sharp ax hurt, and now the fir tree was unhappy at leaving its fine forest home.
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The Phalangists look innocent enough with their little moustaches and their campfires amid the fir trees , the stuff of youth movements.
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After an uncomfortable journey, the fir tree was erected in a large and beautifully furnished hall.
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Paul's promise of variety was soon fulfilled as we turned off the ridge and headed into a forest of fir trees .
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The fir tree thought it was being left there until spring, when it would be replanted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At night, they lay on beds made from the branches of balsam firs.
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He's awa' jist noo, but he's always hame fir Christmas.
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It hides everywhere from everywhere as each point of perspective is gained by herds of resinous firs.
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Sparkle's hull was built of two laminates of diagonally laid red cedar on an inner core of longitudinal Douglas fir .
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The basement behind formed the firs fire station with its antediluvian engine, and opposite was the police station.
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When some mice found the garret, the fir tree was happy for the company.
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You always clear away the soft topsoil till you get a fir base.