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Norway spruce

Norway spruce

1 5.9
A tall evergreen tree with dark green needles and hanging cones
  • noun
  • /ˈnɔrweɪ spruːs/
translation icon : abeto de Noruega
  • With its dark green needles, the Norway spruce is a stunning addition to any landscape.
  • tall Norway spruce
  • four-foot tall Norway spruce

Examples

  • So we've got a Norway spruce called Blaze.

  • WOMAN: That is a special-order 50-foot Norway spruce shipped from Maine.

    Jingle All the Way 2 (2014)

  • The beautiful Norway spruce in the park attracts many visitors every winter.

  • The tall Norway spruce provides shade during the hot summer months.

Synonyms

Picea abies
vsNorway spruce
  • Specialized
9.3

A tall evergreen tree with a pyramid shape, dark green needles and long hanging cones

is the common name for that same tree rather than the scientific term

Surface Forms

Norway spruce singular
Norway spruces plural

Morphology

Norway + spruce

The compound combines the place-name 'Norway' with the noun 'spruce' to denote the spruce associated with or native to Norway; this referential, descriptive meaning is directly inferable from the constituents. Place-name + noun species names are cross-linguistically common and follow straightforward compositional semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the phrase.

Etymology

Norway spruce gets its name because this kind of spruce grows a lot in Norway and nearby parts of northern Europe; people simply called it the spruce 'from Norway', so today the name tells you it is a tall evergreen tree that comes from that region.