Definitions
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- adjective
Fraser (attributive); used in taxonomic names for organisms that often have English names of the form "Fraser's ..."
Etymologies
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Named in a pseudo-Latin manner for any of several naturalists named Fraser.
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Examples
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Along high elevation ridges, red spruce, the endemic Fraser fir (Abies fraseri), and balsam fir (A. balsamea) dominate.
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Nabalus fraseri, D.C. and T. and G. Prenanthes alba, Ell.Sk. Gall of the earth, Grows in damp pine lands; collected in St. John's; Richland; vicinity of Charleston; Newbern.
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Cochlospermum fraseri - which also produces fruit fluff, but is unrelated to the
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[[Image: 800px-Abies fraseri seeds. jpg | thumb | 100px | left | Seeds of the Fraser Fir]]
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