Sĭl'ver-fir, n.

n. (Bot.) A tree of the genus Abies (A. picea, or Picea pectinata), found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150 feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine. Baird.

☞ The American silver-fir (Abies balsama) is a beautiful evergreen tree of a symmetrical conical form. It yields a thick, transparent, resinous fluid, known as Canada balsam.