black spruce


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black spruce

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

black spruce

n
(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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Noun1.black spruce - small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliageblack 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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