red spruce

noun

: a spruce (Picea rubens) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that has pubescent twigs and yellowish-green needles and is an important source of lumber and pulpwood

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The 18,000-acre Dolly Sods Wilderness, 17 miles northeast of Canaan Valley, protects a high-elevation plateau with rocky outcroppings, remote creeks, and flora such as red spruce and heath barrens—plant life more typical of southern Canada than southern Appalachia. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 14 July 2024 Despite this, only two tree nurseries out of the study’s survey of 20 states had red spruce. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023 The timberlands here are rich and varied: maple, oak, beech, birch, mountain ash, and the placer gold of timber, red spruce, prized by the lumber mills for its grain, strength, and beauty. Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023 In 2022, only 800 red spruce seeds were commercially available for purchase. Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for red spruce 

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of red spruce was in 1740

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

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red spruce

noun
: a spruce of the eastern U.S. and Canada that is an important source of lumber and pulpwood
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