spruce
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3.5
- noun
- /spruːs/
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abeto
- In winter, we decorate a large spruce tree with lights for Christmas.
- spruce tree
- spruce forest
- white spruce
The death of millions of acres of pine and spruce forest in western States and in Canada and Alaska.
- The death of millions of acres of pine and spruce forest in western States and in Canada and Alaska.
Examples
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Or the view outside my bedroom window: a big, tall spruce tree leaning over the alley.
Fiction book (1998) -
There's a row of newly planted spruce trees in back of him, staked down with guide wires.
Fiction book (1990) -
I need another blue spruce just like that.
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For nearly a year, she lived alone in a black spruce forest north of here.
Fiction book (1995) -
You got a Canadian blue spruce last year.
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The same guy who brought you... that beautiful Canadian blue spruce a few weeks back.
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Mary looked up at the spruce trees where the sun lit their green crowns.
Fiction book (1990) -
The afternoon light slanted through the spruces on the other side of the pool.
Fiction book (1996) -
Core estimates that the red spruce forests in West Virginia originally covered 469,000 acres.
Academic text (1990) -
Under cover of spruce, pine, and birch, the two tigresses stalked sika deer and other prey.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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4.6
A tree like a pine or fir that makes cones and usually has needles
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3.9
A tree with needle-like leaves that has cones, like a pine or spruce
An evergreen tree, a spruce, that grows in cool regions
Compounds
- US
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7.4
A large evergreen tree from the northwest coast of North America with sharp needles and light strong wood
- US
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5.6
A medium-sized evergreen tree with short blue-green needles and thin cones that grows in cold places
- Specialized
A tree from California with very large cones four to eight inches long
A medium-sized spruce tree with hanging branches that grows in California and Oregon
A tall evergreen tree with blue-green needles and lower branches that sweep downward
A tall tree with blue-green needles and a cone-shaped form often used in gardens
A tall evergreen tree from northwestern North America with short needles and egg-shaped cones
A medium-sized evergreen tree from eastern North America that people use for wood and paper
A tall spruce tree with blue-green needles that grows in high mountain forests
A tall evergreen tree with blue-green needles that grows in the Rocky Mountains and British Columbia
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree with dark green needles and drooping branches often grown in gardens
A tall evergreen tree from northern Europe and Asia with long needles that survives very cold winters
A tall evergreen tree with blue-green needles and lower branches that sweep down as it ages
- Specialized
A small insect that makes holes in the bark of spruce trees and often kills them
- Specialized
A small shrubby evergreen with two needles per group and scaly square bark
- Specialized
A small evergreen tree that grows in wet bogs with dense branches and poor wood
- Specialized
A small insect that makes pineapple-shaped growths on young spruce branches
- Specialized
A forest bird that lives in pine and fir woods and eats evergreen needles
- Specialized
A tall evergreen tree with two needles per group and light soft wood used for pulp
A small animal with a bushy tail that lives in northern forests and eats spruce cones
A medium-sized spruce tree with long hanging branches from California and Oregon
A medium-sized evergreen tree from eastern North America that people use for lumber and paper
How Tall
- US
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3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Spruce gets its name from an old label for goods from the country Prussia, because wood and other products from that region were called 'spruce' in English; the tree took that name through trade. So a spruce is the evergreen tree known for those needles and cones.