Pine vs. Fir

Pinenoun

Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.

Pinenoun

(countable) Any tree (usually coniferous) which resembles a member of this genus in some respect.

Pinenoun

(uncountable) The wood of this tree.

Pinenoun

A pineapple.

Pinenoun

(archaic) A painful longing.

Pineverb

To feel irritated; to reflect on a problem; to think something over.

Pineverb

To languish; to lose flesh or wear away through distress; to droop.

Pineverb

(intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.

Pineverb

(transitive) To grieve or mourn for.

Pineverb

(transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

Pinenoun

Woe; torment; pain.

Pinenoun

Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.

Pinenoun

The wood of the pine tree.

Pinenoun

A pineapple.

Pineverb

To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict.

Pineverb

To grieve or mourn for.

Pineverb

To suffer; to be afflicted.

Pineverb

To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; - often used with away.

Pineverb

To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; - usually followed by for.

Pinenoun

a coniferous tree

Pinenoun

straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

Pineverb

have a desire for something or someone who is not present;

Pinenoun

an evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

Pinenoun

used in names of coniferous trees of families other than that of the pine, e.g. Chile pine.

Pinenoun

used in names of unrelated plants that resemble the pines in some way, e.g. ground pine, screw pine.

Pinenoun

having the scent of pine needles

Pinenoun

a pineapple.

Pineverb

suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart

Pineverb

miss or long for

Pine

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus () of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.

Firnoun

A conifer of the genus Abies.

Firnoun

Any pinaceous conifer of related genera, especially a Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga) or a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris).

Firnoun

(uncountable) Wood of such trees.

Firnoun

A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus.

Firnoun

nonresinous wood of a fir tree

Firnoun

any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas

Firnoun

an evergreen coniferous tree with upright cones and flat needle-shaped leaves, typically arranged in two rows. Firs are an important source of timber and resins.

Fir

Firs (Abies) are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range.