Norway spruce

noun

: a widely cultivated spruce (Picea abies) of northern Europe that has a pyramidal shape, spreading branches and pendulous branchlets, dark foliage, and long pendulous cones

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By their calculations, the synchronization area is about twice that of Norway spruce, which mast over only about 1,000 kilometers and are much less tightly correlated in time. —

Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2024 Standing tall at 80 feet, this Norway spruce is bedecked with 50,000 LED lights and topped with a Swarovski star nearly ten feet tall—a work of art designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, boasting three million crystals across 70 triangular spikes. —

Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023 Front Lawn Of course, one of the notable filming locations is the Front Lawn at Biltmore House, where a 55-foot-tall Norway spruce is wrapped with 55,000 lights. —

Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023 And as Speaker, Johnson got to light the Capitol Christmas tree – a 63-foot tall Norway spruce from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia. —

Chad Pergram, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for Norway spruce

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Norway spruce was in 1766

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“Norway spruce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Norway%20spruce. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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