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balsam spruce

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noun

  1. either of two North American coniferous trees of the genus Picea , P. pungens (the blue spruce) or P. engelmanni

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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So early as this the poplar buds had begun to swell and the air was filled with the sweet odor of balsam, spruce and cedar.

From Kazan by James Oliver Curwood

Study of common Flowers, Trees, and Fruits: Comparative study of common evergreens, as balsam, spruce, hemlock, etc.; collection of wood specimens.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education

And, oh, that first deep sleep on my bed of balsam spruce!

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller

The boys also learned to look for the hard yellow pine, when there was any to be found, for their back-log, but for a quick fire to select fir balsam, spruce or aspen.

From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee

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