spruce

1. Light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees;
   Used especially for timbers and millwork (synset 111645291)
   is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
   substance meronym: spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
2. Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea (synset 111644982)
   is a type of: conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
   subtypes:

   • norway spruce, picea abies - tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones
   • brewer's spruce, picea breweriana, weeping spruce - medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches
   • engelmann spruce, engelmann's spruce, picea engelmannii - tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes
   • picea glauca, white spruce - medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones
   • black spruce, picea mariana, spruce pine - small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
   • picea obovata, siberian spruce - tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia; resembles Norway spruce
   • picea sitchensis, sitka spruce - a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight
   • oriental spruce, picea orientalis - evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets
   • colorado blue spruce, colorado spruce, picea pungens, silver spruce - tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
   • eastern spruce, picea rubens, red spruce, yellow spruce - medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood
   belongs to: genus picea, picea - a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce)
   substance holonym: spruce - light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

1. Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners (synset 300975112)
   "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
   similar to: fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions
   same as: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy

1. Make neat, smart, or trim (synset 200294739)
   "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
   is a type of: beautify, embellish, fancify, prettify - make more beautiful
   same as: slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, titivate, tittivate
2. Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion (synset 200043009)
   "He spruced up for the party"
   is a type of: groom, neaten - care for one's external appearance
   same as: slick up, smarten up, spruce up

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