spruce pine
Americannoun
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a tall coniferous tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having smooth, gray bark and needles in bundles of two.
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any of several other pines, as P. elliottii or P. virginiana.
noun
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a large pine tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern US
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any of several similar plants, such as certain pines, hemlocks, and spruces
Etymology
Origin of spruce pine
An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
Example Sentences
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The five-year experiment used infrared lamps and soil-heating cables to heat thousands of spruce, pine, and fir seedlings at two University of Michigan forest sites in northeastern Minnesota.
From Salon • Aug. 17, 2022
A descent takes me through a forest of spruce, pine and fir, around banks and over minor creeks as planes of sunlight layer through the canopy.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2020
Fossil pollen assemblages are groups of pollen from multiple species such as spruce, pine, and oak.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
West Fraser said 30 percent of its spruce, pine and fir exports went to Asia in the first quarter, up from 20 percent a year earlier and almost nothing five years ago.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 15, 2011
On a shelf I find a book of landscapes filled with illustrations of every stinking tree that grows: sycamore, linden, aspen, willow, fir, tulip poplar, chestnut, elm, spruce, pine.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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