a spruce, Picea sitchensis, of western North America, having long, silvery-white needles, grown as an ornamental.
the soft, pale-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture and in the construction of houses.
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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The band Skipinnish, which had played at the event, knew of the tree and led the conservationists to where it was hidden in a non-native Sitka spruce plantation on Achnacarry Estate.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024
They were open-cockpit biplanes built with Sitka spruce lumber from Northwest coastal forests.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska covers 16.7 million acres — an area larger than West Virginia — and is home to old-growth Sitka spruce and cedars.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2023
The second half of the loop is a more conventional route through Sitka spruce forest on higher ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2022
He took pride in using a variety of Northwest woods in his products—sugar pine for keels, ash for the frames, Sitka spruce for the gunnels and the hand-carved seats, Alaska yellow cedar for the washboards.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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