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1. Lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones
   - douglas spruce, douglas pine, douglas hemlock, Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii

1. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
   - Stephen A. Douglas, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little Giant
    
2. Capital city of the Isle of Man

1. Douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
   - big-cone spruce, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa

1. Tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
    
2. Strong durable timber of a douglas fir

Type of: conifer, coniferous tree, fir, pol [N. Amer, informal], political leader, politician, politico [informal], pollie [Austral, informal], polly [Austral, informal]

Part of: genus Pseudotsuga, IOM, Isle of Man, Man, Pseudotsuga

Encyclopedia: Douglas, Michael