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spruce (1)

spruce [ sprooss ] (plural spruc·es or spruce)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. evergreen tree: an evergreen tree of the pine family with a pyramid shape, short needles, drooping cones, and soft light wood. Genus Picea.

2. spruce wood: the soft light wood of a spruce tree

[Early 17th century. Shortening of Spruce fir "Prussian fir" < alteration of obsolete Pruce "Prussia" < medieval Latin Prussia]
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