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small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood

1. : a spruce (Picea mariana) of northeastern No. America that grows chiefly in wet boggy areas and has inferior wood, spreading branches, deep green and very dense foliage, and oval persistent cones — see tree illustration

2. : douglas fir

1. a spruce, Picea mariana, of North America, having bluish-green leaves and grayish-brown bark.

2. the light, soft wood of this tree.

[1755-65, Amer.]

black spruce,

1. a North American evergreen tree of the pine family with persistent cones and dark-green needles.

2. its light, soft wood.