Spruce
21spruce´ly — spruce1 «sproos», noun. 1. any one of a group of evergreen trees with cones and with needle shaped leaves arranged spirally around the branches. The spruce belongs to the pine family. It is often used as a Christmas tree in America. 2. any one of …
22spruce — I UK [spruːs] / US [sprus] noun [countable] Word forms spruce : singular spruce plural spruce spruce or spruce tree a) a tall tree that has thin sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter and produces hard brown fruits called cones b)… …
23spruce — spruce1 [spru:s] n [U and C] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: spruce fir spruce , from Spruce Prussia , former European country, now part of Germany (14 17 centuries)] a tree that grows in northern countries and has short leaves shaped like needles… …
24spruce — {{11}}spruce (n.) evergreen tree, 1660s, from spruse (adj.) made of spruce wood (early 15c.), lit. from Prussia, from Spruce, Sprws (late 14c.), unexplained alterations of Pruce Prussia, from an Old French form of PRUSSIA (Cf. Prussia). Spruce… …
25spruce — I. /sprus / (say sproohs) noun 1. any member of the coniferous genus Picea, consisting of evergreen trees with short angular needle shaped leaves attached singly around twigs, as P. abies (Norway spruce), P. glauca (white spruce or Canadian… …
26spruce — [[t]spru͟ːs[/t]] spruces, sprucing, spruced (spruce is both the singular and the plural form.) 1) N VAR A spruce is a kind of evergreen tree. Trees such as spruce, pine and oak have been planted. ...a young blue spruce. ...80 year old spruces. N… …
27spruce — I. verb (spruced; sprucing) Date: 1594 transitive verb to make spruce often used with up intransitive verb to make oneself spruce < spruce up a bit > II. adjective (sprucer; spruces …
28spruce — I [[t]sprus[/t]] n. 1) pln any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Picea, of the pine family, having short angular needle shaped leaves attached singly around twigs 2) pln any of various allied trees, as the Douglas fir 3) the wood of any… …
29spruce — spruce1 [ sprus ] noun count spruce or spruce tree a tall tree that has thin sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter and produces hard brown fruits called cones a. uncount the wood of a spruce spruce spruce 2 [ sprus ] verb ,spruce up phrasal …
30spruce — 1. noun a) Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir. b) The wood of a spruce. 2. adjective a) Made of the wood of the spruce …
