SPRUCE

Spruce

A spruce is a tree 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 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. The needles are shed when 4–10 years old, leaving the branches rough with the retained pulvinus .

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spruce

Noun

  1. Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
  2. The wood of a spruce.
  3. Made of the wood of the spruce.
    That spruce table is beautiful!
  4. Prussia leather; pruce.

Verb

  1. To arrange neatly; tidy up.
  2. ) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
  3. To tease.

Adjective

  1. Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).


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