red spruce


red spruce

noun

Definition of RED SPRUCE

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

First Known Use of RED SPRUCE

1777

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