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white spruce vs. blue spruce

white spruce

noun

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

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

blue spruce

noun

  1. a spruce, Picea pungens, of western North America, having bluish-green leaves, grown as an ornamental: the state tree of Colorado and Utah.