Picea
noun
Pic·ea
ˈpisēə,
ˈpīs-
: a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (family Pinaceae) having acicular leaves that are keeled on both surfaces and borne individually on persistent peg-shaped bases and cones that become pendulous and have reflexed scales see spruce
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, pitch pine, from pic-, pix pitch