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black spruce

A northern North American spruce (Picea mariana) having blue-green needles and small, egg-shaped cones.

black spruce

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles Also called spruce pine

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black spruce - small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood

Picea mariana, spruce pine

spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

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