noun
- any of a genus (Abies) of cone-bearing evergreen trees of the pine family, having flattened needles and upright cones whose scales fall off at maturity
- any of various other coniferous trees, as the Douglas fir
- the wood of any of these trees
Origin:
ME firre < OE fyrh, akin to Ger föhre < IE base *perkwus, name of the tree, oak > L quercus, oak