| spruce pine n. See scrub pine. |
spruce pine
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a large pine tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern US
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar plants, such as certain pines, hemlocks, and spruces
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| Noun | 1. |  spruce pine - common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwoodhemlock tree, hemlock - an evergreen tree |
| 2. |  spruce pine - small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior woodspruce - 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 squares | |
| 4. | spruce pine - large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood |
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