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ENGELMANN SPRUCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Engelmann spruce mean?
• ENGELMANN SPRUCE (noun)
The noun ENGELMANN SPRUCE has 1 sense:
1. tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes
Familiarity information: ENGELMANN SPRUCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Engelmann's spruce; Engelmann spruce; Picea engelmannii
Hypernyms ("Engelmann spruce" is a kind of...):
spruce (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)
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