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Picea engelmannii

Picea engelmannii

9.9
A tall spruce tree with blue-green needles that grows in cold mountains
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Many hikers admire the Picea engelmannii for its blue-green needles and conical crown.

Examples

  • Lumber companies value Picea engelmannii for its strong yet lightweight wood.

  • Researchers study Picea engelmannii to understand its adaptation to cold mountain climates.

  • The dense forests of Colorado are home to many Picea engelmannii trees.

  • The Picea engelmannii is known for its impressive height.

  • Many hikers admire the Picea engelmannii in the Rockies.

  • Lumber companies value Picea engelmannii for its strong yet lightweight wood.

  • The dense forests of Colorado are home to many Picea engelmannii trees.

Synonyms

Engelmann spruce
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  • US
7.7

A tall spruce tree with blue-green needles that grows in high mountain forests

is the scientific Latin name used in formal contexts

Surface Forms

Picea engelmannii singular
Picea engelmanniis plural

Morphology

Picea + engelmannii

Because 'Picea' is the genus name for spruces, a learner who knows that constituent can infer this refers to a kind of spruce; that part is transparently compositional. However, 'engelmannii' is a Latinized specific epithet (a proper name) that carries no independent, descriptive meaning for most learners, so knowing the parts does not give the full sense without knowledge of botanical naming, making the overall expression only partially transparent.

Etymology

Picea engelmannii probably comes from the Latin word Picea, meaning 'spruce', and the second part engelmannii, which honors the plant scientist Georg Engelmann. So the name is a simple clue: it tells you this is a 'spruce' named after Engelmann, a mountain tree found in the Rockies.