blue spruce


noun
  1. a spruce, Picea pungens, of western North America, having bluish-green leaves, grown as an ornamental: the state tree of Colorado and Utah.

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Origin of blue spruce

1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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blue spruce

noun
  1. a spruce tree, Picea pungens glauca, native to the Rocky Mountains of North America, having blue-green needle-like leaves: Also called: balsam spruce

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