a tall North American spruce tree, Picea sitchensis, having yellowish-green needle-like leaves: yields valuable timber
Word origin
C19: from Sitka
Sitka spruce in American English
noun
1.
a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental
2.
the soft, pale-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture and in the construction of houses
Word origin
[1890–95, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blip, cholesterol, honky-tonk, masochism, wireless
Examples of 'sitka spruce' in a sentence
sitka spruce
Sitka spruce is one of the fastest-growing soft-wood trees and, by careful selection, even faster-growing clones are being introduced.