spruce pine

1. (noun) large 2-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
Synonyms: Pinus glabra
Related Words: pine, pine tree, true pine

2. (noun) small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
Synonyms: Picea mariana, black spruce
Related Words: spruce

3. (noun) common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
Synonyms: Canadian hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlock
Related Words: hemlock, hemlock tree

4. (noun) shrubby 2-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
Synonyms: Pinus contorta, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, shore pine
Related Words: pine, pine tree, true pine



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