| 单词 | red spruce tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred spruce tree red spruce n. [compare French épinette rouge (1664)] a spruce of eastern North America, Picea rubens, having a reddish bark (also red spruce tree); the wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > spruces spruce?1602 Norway fir1666 spruce fir1676 hemlock tree1679 hemlock1728 spruce pine1731 white spruce1731 black spruce1741 red spruce1741 Norway spruce1766 silver fir1789 var1793 Engelmann1866 Sitka spruce1867 Sitka pine1868 skunk spruce1876 Colorado spruce1881 Yeddo spruce1932 1741 P. Collinson Let. 25 Feb. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 151 Look out sharp for the Balm of Gilead Firs, & Black, Red & White Spruce as Mr. Dudley Calls them. 1777 Quebec Gaz. 17 Apr. 2/1 The logs covering the sleepers, shall be of ash or red spruce. 1857 Sci. Amer. 25 Apr. 262/4 Red spruce logs, we have been informed, endure much longer under ground than those of red birch, and are, therefore, preferable for water pipes. 1943 R. Peattie Great Smokies & Blue Ridge 157 The red spruce..crowns only our highest peaks. 2001 Frederick (Maryland) Post 26 Mar. a3/2 Researchers said that acid rain has contributed to a decline in red spruce trees across the eastern United States. < as lemmas |
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