yellow spruce

/ˌjɛloʊ sprus/
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Other forms: yellow spruces

Definitions of yellow spruce
  1. noun
    medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
    synonyms: Picea rubens, eastern spruce, red spruce
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    type of:
    spruce
    any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
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