white spruce

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noun

a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.

the light, soft wood of this tree, used for pulp and in the construction of boxes, crates, etc.

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Origin of white spruce

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby white spruce

whitesmith, white snakeroot, white space, white spirit, whitesplain, white spruce, white squall, white stick, white stock, white stork, white sturgeon

How to use white spruce in a sentence

The western white spruce is also much employed for various purposes.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
They are much larger than in our native species of Black and White Spruce.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf|Jane H. Newell
Andy dug around the white spruce tree and in a little while gathered a sufficient quantity of long string-like roots.
Troop One of the Labrador|Dillon Wallace
After some search, however, they discovered a white spruce tree suitable for their purpose, with a trunk ten inches in diameter.
Troop One of the Labrador|Dillon Wallace

We now substituted white spruce fir, which, when grown in these high latitudes, is an excellent wood for boat-building.
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea|John Franklin

British Dictionary definitions for white spruce

white spruce

noun

a N North American spruce tree, Picea glauca, having grey bark, pale brown oblong cones, and bluish-green needle-like leaves

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