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spruce pine

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As a noun, spruce pine means common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada.

Meanings of spruce pine

4 meanings

noun

  1. Common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwoodplant

    Similar: eastern hemlock, Canadian hemlock, Tsuga canadensis
  2. Small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior woodplant

    Similar: black spruce, Picea mariana
  3. Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squaresplant

    Similar: shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta
  4. Large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft woodplant

    Similar: Pinus glabra

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

noun: common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canad…
eastern hemlockCanadian hemlockTsuga canadensis
noun: small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America…
black sprucePicea mariana
noun: shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United S…
shore pinelodgepolelodgepole pinePinus contorta
noun: large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with…
Pinus glabra

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