Definition of spruce
Nouns
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
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wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
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Norway spruce, Picea abies
tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones
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Brewer's spruce, Picea breweriana, weeping spruce
medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches
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Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, Picea engelmannii
tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes
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Picea glauca, white spruce
medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones
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Picea mariana, black spruce, spruce pine
small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
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Picea obovata, Siberian spruce
tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia; resembles Norway spruce
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Picea sitchensis, Sitka spruce
a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight
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Picea orientalis, oriental spruce
evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets
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Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce, Picea pungens, silver spruce
tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
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Picea rubens, eastern spruce, red spruce, yellow spruce
medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
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conifer, coniferous tree
any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
Verbs
make neat, smart, or trim
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
"He spruced up for the party"
- Synonyms:
- slick up, smarten up, spruce up
Vocabulary Lists for spruce
- leftovers
- crumple
- swathe
- snooze
- gullible
- Hale
- German ivy
- matt
- sleigh
- flats
- acrid
- acute
- affix
- air
- ala

