white spruce

white spruce

n. A northern North American spruce (Picea glauca) having slender cones and blue-green needles with a whitish waxy layer.

white spruce

n (Plants) a N North American spruce tree, Picea glauca, having grey bark, pale brown oblong cones, and bluish-green needle-like leaves

white′ spruce′

n. 1. a spruce, Picea glauca, of N North America, having bluish green needles and silvery brown bark. 2. the light soft wood of this tree. [1760–70]

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white spruce - medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender conesPicea glaucaspruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea