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black spruce

A northern North American spruce (Picea mariana) of acidic wetlands, having blue-green needles and small cones.

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black spruce

(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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