Nikko fir

noun

: a Japanese evergreen tree (Abies homolepis) widely cultivated for ornament and having deeply grooved branchlets, cones that are purple when young, and leaves slightly bifid at the apex

Word History

Etymology

from Nikko, village in central Japan

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