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noun(spruce)any of a genus (Picea) of evergreen trees of the pine family with a conical head of dense foliage, flat or 4-sided needles, pendulous cones, and soft light wood
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noun(spruce)any of several coniferous trees (such as Douglas fir) of similar habit
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noun(spruce)the wood of a spruce
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verb(spruce)to make spruce —often used with up
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verb(spruce)to make oneself spruce
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noun(spruce)a widely distributed spruce (Picea mariana) of northern North America that grows chiefly in moist soils and bogs
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noun(spruce)a spruce (Picea pungens) native to the Rocky Mountains that has sharp usually bluish-gray needles and is often planted as an ornamental
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noun(spruce)blue spruce
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noun(spruce)a widely cultivated spruce (Picea abies) of northern Europe that has a pyramidal shape, spreading branches and pendulous branchlets, dark foliage, and long pendulous cones
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noun(spruce)a spruce (Picea rubens) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that has pubescent twigs and yellowish-green needles and is an important source of lumber and pulpwood
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noun(spruce)a tall spruce (Picea sitchensis) of the northern Pacific coast of North America that has thin reddish-brown bark, flat needles, and cones with slightly toothed scales
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noun(spruce)any of several spruces; especially : a widely distributed spruce (Picea glauca) of coniferous forests of Canada and the northern U.S. that has short stiff blue-green needles and slender cones
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noun(spruce)the wood of a white spruce; especially : the light pale tough straight-grained wood of the common white spruce (Picea glauca) used especially for construction and as a source of paper pulp
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phrasal verb(spruce)to make (someone or something) look cleaner, neater, or more attractive