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white spruce

noun

  1. a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
  2. the light, soft wood of this tree, used for pulp and in the construction of boxes, crates, etc.

white spruce

noun

  1. a N North American spruce tree, Picea glauca, having grey bark, pale brown oblong cones, and bluish-green needle-like leaves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of white spruce1

First recorded in 1760–70
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