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SPRUCE PINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spruce pine mean?
• SPRUCE PINE (noun)
The noun SPRUCE PINE has 4 senses:
1. common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
2. small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
3. shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
4. large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
Familiarity information: SPRUCE PINE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Canadian hemlock; eastern hemlock; spruce pine; Tsuga canadensis
Hypernyms ("spruce pine" is a kind of...):
hemlock; hemlock tree (an evergreen tree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black spruce; Picea mariana; spruce pine
Hypernyms ("spruce pine" is a kind of...):
spruce (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
lodgepole; lodgepole pine; Pinus contorta; shore pine; spruce pine
Hypernyms ("spruce pine" is a kind of...):
pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Pinus glabra; spruce pine
Hypernyms ("spruce pine" is a kind of...):
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