Any of various pyramidal evergreen coniferous trees constituting the genus Picea, which are native to temperate and boreal regions of North…

†(a) the Norway spruce, Picea abies (obsolete); (b) the Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris, as grown in Norway; the wood of this tree; (c) North American…

Any of various spruces, esp. of the genus Picea. Also with distinguishing word. Cf. spruce, n. 3, spruce tree, n.

= sense 2.

A North American tree, Abies canadensis, more fully hemlock fir, hemlock pine, hemlock spruce (also hemlock spruce fir), ‘so called from the…

any of several coniferous trees; esp. Pinus glabra, which is native to coastal plains of the southern United States and typically occurs in mixed…

any of several spruce trees having glaucous foliage, esp. Picea glauca, of North America.

a small spruce tree, Picea mariana, of Canada and the northern United States; (also) the wood of this tree, now chiefly used for pulp and paper.

a spruce of eastern North America, Picea rubens, having a reddish bark (also red spruce tree); the wood of this tree.

a long-coned spruce, Picea abies, native to northern and central Europe, widely planted elsewhere for timber and pulp, and popular as a Christmas…

A tree belonging to this species.

The balsam fir, Abies balsamea.

Used attributively or in the genitive to designate a spruce (Picea engelmannii) native to western North America.

a large fast-growing conifer, Picea sitchensis (family Pinaceae), native to the coastal forest of north-western North America; (also) the light…

the Sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis; the wood of this tree.

any of several strong-smelling North American spruces; esp. the white spruce, Picea glauca.

a North American spruce, Picea pungens, with distinctive blue-grey needles, which is native to the Rocky Mountains but commonly planted as an…

Used attributively to designate materials, etc., originating in Tokyo (before 1868, in which year the name was changed), as †Yeddo crepe, Yeddo poplin…