red spruce

American  

noun

1. a spruce, Picea rubens, of eastern North America, having reddish-brown bark and cones and yielding a light, soft wood used for pulp, in the construction of boxes, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of red spruce

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

Gnarled red spruce trees, after which the mountain is named, grow deformed on one side, shorn by punishing westerly winds that tear over the ridge.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2020

The sprawling factory in a former high school is imbued with the aromas of red spruce and other woods, and the shoptalk is about screws and laminated steel chisels.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 5, 2020

White pines, lodgepoles and red spruce grew along the shoreline.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018

Gatlinburg, Tenn., or Townsend, Tenn., enter an area that’s 95 percent forested with the largest block of virgin red spruce on Earth.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2016

That night he slept near the top of a red spruce.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George