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Definitions of black spruce words

noun black spruce a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles 3
noun black spruce a small spruce (Picea mariana) found in the cold bogs of N North America 3
noun black spruce its soft, light wood 3
noun black spruce a spruce, Picea mariana, of North America, having bluish-green leaves and grayish-brown bark. 1
noun black spruce the light, soft wood of this tree. 1

before 1755

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