Phrase guide
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noun
Any of various spruce trees
An Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: white spruce, mountain spruce
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of various spruce trees
A Colorado blue spruce (Picea pungens)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: blue spruce, green spruce, white spruce, Colorado spruce
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A grayish pale blue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: silverspruce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gray, grey, metal, metallic, silver
noun
tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Colorado spruce, Colorado blue spruce, Picea pungens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spruce
History
From being a silvery spruce tree.
