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Norway spruce

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of spruce native to Europe and naturalized in temperate northeastern North America, Picea abies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Picea abies

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spruce

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: izei gorri — Picea abies
  • Catalan: avet roig — Picea abies
  • Cimbrian: bòichta — Picea abies
  • Czech: smrk ztepilý — Picea abies
  • Danish: rødgran — Picea abies
  • Dutch: fijnspar — Picea abies
  • Esperanto: piceo — Picea abies
  • Faroese: reyðgrann — Picea abies
  • Finnish: metsäkuusi — Picea abies
  • Finnish: euroopankuusi (subsp. apies) — Picea abies
  • French: épicéa commun — Picea abies
  • French: épinette de Norvège — Picea abies
  • German: Gemeine Fichte — Picea abies
  • German: Fichte — Picea abies
  • Irish: sprús Lochlannach — Picea abies
  • Ladin: pec — Picea abies
  • Ladin: pezuó — Picea abies
  • Ladin: peció — Picea abies
  • Ladin: pec — Picea abies
  • Ladin: pëc — Picea abies
  • Ladin: pëc — Picea abies
  • Polish: świerk pospolity — Picea abies
  • Spanish: pícea común — Picea abies
  • Ukrainian: яли́на звича́йна (jalýna zvyčájna) — Picea abies
  • Ukrainian: яли́на європе́йська (jalýna jevropéjsʹka) — Picea abies
  • Ukrainian: смере́ка (smeréka) — Picea abies
  • Venetan: peẑ — Picea abies
  • Welsh: sbriws Norwy — Picea abies