Definition of spruce

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spruce¹    (sprs) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Picea, having needlelike foliage, drooping cones, and soft wood often used for paper pulp.
   2. Any of various similar or related trees.
   3. The wood of any of these trees.
2. A grayish green to dark greenish black.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Short for obsolete Spruce fir, Prussian fir, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia, alteration of Pruce, from Anglo-Norman Pruz, from Medieval Latin Prussia