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Webster 1913 Edition


Riga fir

Ri′ga firˊ

,
[So called from
Riga
, a city in Russia.]
(Bot.)
A species of pine (
Pinus sylvestris
), and its wood, which affords a valuable timber; – called also
Scotch pine
, and
red deal
or
yellow deal
. It grows in all parts of Europe, in the Caucasus, and in Siberia.