spruce


Definition: Meaning of, spruce in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / spruːs /

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spruce spruce
[uncountable and countable]
  1. a tree that grows in northern countries and has short leaves shaped like needles
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
spruce spruced spruced
Present Participle Third Person Singular
sprucing spruces
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Positive Comparative Superlative
spruce sprucer sprucest
[British English]
  1. neat and clean
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spruce used in phrases

  • Brewer's spruce (noun)
    1. medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches
  • Colorado blue spruce (noun)
    1. tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
  • Colorado spruce (noun)
    1. tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
  • Engelmann spruce (noun)
    1. tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes
  • Engelmann's spruce (noun)
    1. tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes
  • Norway spruce (noun)
    1. tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones
  • Siberian spruce (noun)
    1. tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia; resembles Norway spruce
  • Sitka spruce (noun)
    1. a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight
  • big-cone spruce (noun)
    1. douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long
  • black spruce (noun)
    1. small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
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