spruce pine
spruce pine · spruce pines
A pine of species Pinus glabraA pine of species Pinus glabra.
» The fir, the spruce and the pine are all conifers.
Die Tanne, die Fichte und die Kiefer gehören zu den Nadelbäumen.
Meaning
1 sensesA pine of species Pinus glabra.
More definitions
- large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
- small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
- common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
- shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
Examples
1 sentencesThe fir, the spruce and the pine are all conifers.
deDie Tanne, die Fichte und die Kiefer gehören zu den Nadelbäumen.
Forms
plural: spruce pines| Singular | spruce pine |
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Synonyms
10 synonymsClose in meaning
- large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood:Pinus glabra
- small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood:black sprucePicea mariana
- common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood:eastern hemlockCanadian hemlockTsuga canadensis
- shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares:shore pinelodgepolelodgepole pinePinus contorta