| 单词 | sitka spruce |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSitka spruce Sitka spruce n. a large fast-growing conifer, Picea sitchensis (family Pinaceae), native to the coastal forest of north-western North America; (also) the light softwood timber 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 1867 J. Disturnell Infl. Climate N. & S. Amer. 103 On the North Pacific coast,..is found Sitka spruce, broad-leaved maple, Oregon crab-apple, Oregon alder, western hemlock,..and other species. 1895 F. Funston & F. V. Coville in Contrib. U.S. National Herbarium III. 328 The great bulk of this forest is composed of Sitka spruce. 1975 W. Condry Pathway to Wild ix. 151 If that other western American, the Sitka spruce, now planted so multitudinously in Britain, were also going to be given the chance of making forests of giant trees..then conservationists might be less unhappy with it. 1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. 1. 39/2 (advt.) This fine piano was made specially for us. Its quality features include..solid Sitka spruce soundboard. 2007 Scots Mag. Mar. 330/1 Sitka Spruce provides..the principal raw material for wood-based panel plants in the UK. < as lemmas |
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