| spruce | 1. <botany> Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. Excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. Alba and P. Nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. "Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather." (E. <botany> Phillips) Douglas spruce, a handsome American grouse (Dendragapus Canadensis) found in Canada and the Northern United States. Synonym: Canada grouse. Origin: OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, Spruce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork spruce up: make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" spruce up: dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party" dapper: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
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Spruce refers to trees of the Genus Picea, a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from 20-60 (-95) m tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical form. The needles, or leaves, of spruce trees are attached singly to the branches in a spiral fashion, each needle on a small peg-like structure called a pulvinus. ...
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A light, strong wood that's easy to dry and glue, used as a core material under veneers.
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| spruce | any coniferous tree of the genus Picea |
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| spruce | light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees |
| spruce | dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion |
| spruce | make neat, smart, or trim |
| spruce | marked by smartness in dress and manners |
| spruce | a fermented alcoholic beverage made of molasses and spruce twigs fermented with yeast |
| spruce | a variety of adelgid |
| spruce | North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles |
| spruce | large 2-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood |
| spruce | shrubby 2-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States |
| spruce | small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage |
| spruce | common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada |
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