Norway spruce


Norway spruce

noun

Definition of NORWAY SPRUCE

: a widely cultivated spruce (Picea abies) of northern Europe that has a pyramidal shape, spreading branches and pendulous branchlets, dark foliage, and long pendulous cones

First Known Use of NORWAY SPRUCE

1797

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