ABIES

(Lat.). n. f. Pr, a(a¥)/bi(bi?)-ez(e2s), Gen., abi’etis. Gr., éddtn. Fr., abies, sap in. Ger., Tanne, Tannenbaum, It., abete. Sp., abeto. Syn.: Sapinus [Endlicher], Pinus [Linn.], Picea [Don. Link.]. According to Linnæus, a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the Coniferæ and to the sub-order Abietineæ, including the firs. The Abies of Linnzus is the Sapinus of Endlicher; the Abies of Tourn. corresponds in part to the Pinus of Linn,; the Abies of Ju . and Link. is the Picea of Don; and the Abies of Don is the Picea of Link. [B.J—A. alba [Michaux]. Fr., sapinette blanche. Ger., wei e Tanne. Sp., abeto blanco. The white spruce.—A. balsamea er agen Fr., baume du Canada. Ger., Balsamtanne. It., abete balsam if era. Sp., abeto balsämico. Syn.: A. balsam if era, Pinus balsamea. The American silver fir or balm-of- Gilead fir; a species indigenous to the Northern United States and Canada, which furnishes Canada balsam (Canada turpentine). [B, 5, 19.)—A. balsam if era. See À. balsamea,—A. can a dens is [Michaux]. Fr., sap in du Canada, sapinette de Québec. Ger., Hemlockstanne, Schierlingstanne. ‘The hemlock or hemlock spruce; a species indigenous to British America and the Northern United States, being a tree growing to a height of from 70 to 80 feet, and furnishing fits so-called Canada pitch (the pix can a dens is of the U. S. Ph.). Ê_.]——A. communis. See A. excels a.—A. excels a [de Candolle]. … sap in de Norvége. Ger., europäische Edeltanne. Syn.: A communis, Pinus See , It., abete comune. Sp., abeto com in. O, no; 0%, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th?, the; U, like 00 in too; U2, blue; U3, lull; U*, full; U%, urn; U%, like fi (German). abies, Pinus pice a, The Norway spruce; a species indigenous to Europe and Northern Asia. It grows to a great height, and is distinguished by its abundant dark-green foliage. It furnishes Burgundy pitch (piv burgundica). [B, 5.]— Â. larix. See Larix europwa.— A. nigra [Michaux]. Fr., sapinette noire. Ger., Schwarzkiefer. Sp., abeto negro. Syn.: Pinus nigra. The black spruce, or double spruce; a species growing abundantly in the Northern United States and Canada. Its young branches are used in making spruce beer, and its trunk furnishes a variety of pitch employed in the arts. [B, 5.1—A. pectin at a [de Candolle]. See A. pice a.—A. piceu (Linn. Fr., sap in, sap in commun (ou blanc, ou argenté), avet. Ger., Silbertanne, Wei tanne, gemeine Tanne. Sp. a be to argent a do. Syn.: A. pectin at a [de Candolle], A. tax i folia, Pinus pice a. The Enropean silver fir, a species growing in the mountainous parts of Central Europe and in Siberia; a tree reaching the height of 100 feet or more, and furnishing a pitch called Stra burg turpentine. [B, 5, 19,]--A. rubra [Tournefort]. A genus indigenous to North Ameriea, identical with the Pinus rubra of some anthors; a tree averaging about 50 feet in height. [B, a tax i folia. See A. pice a. —E entia abietis (Ph. August.]. The baisam of the fir-tree “joined with scurvy-gra .” [A, 336.]