black spruce

noun

a spruce, Picea mariana, of North America, having bluish-green leaves and grayish-brown bark.

the light, soft wood of this tree.

Origin of black spruce

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65

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British Dictionary definitions for black spruce

black spruce

noun

a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needlesAlso called: spruce pine

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