Dictionary entry overview: What does colloquial mean? â¢ COLLOQUIAL (adjective) The adjective COLLOQUIAL has 1 sense: 1. characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation Familiarity information: COLLOQUIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Noble firs are beautiful, impressive trees - the largest firs. It is possible that highest noble firs fairly recently exceeded 100 m height but today the highest tree of this species grows at the Goat Marsh - in 1989 it was 89.9 m tall. Unfortunately this tree is dead by now and maybe even is not standing anymore.
Pando, a clonal colony of the aspen tree, is widely considered to be the largest such organism by mass. Even if such colonies are excluded, trees retain their dominance of this listing, with the giant sequoia being the most massive tree. Among animals, the largest species are all marine mammals, specifically whales.