spruce pine

spruce pine

n 1. (Plants) a large pine tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern US 2. (Plants) any of several similar plants, such as certain pines, hemlocks, and spruces

spruce′ pine`

n. 1. a tall pine tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having furrowed gray bark and needles in bundles of two. 2. any of several other pines, spruces, and hemlocks. [1675–85, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spruce pine - common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwoodCanadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensishemlock tree, hemlock - an evergreen tree
	2.	spruce pine - small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior woodblack spruce, Picea marianaspruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
	3.	spruce pine - shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squareslodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, shore pinepine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
	4.	spruce pine - large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft woodPinus glabrapine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree