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spruce

68 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) spruce (verb)
  2. 2) spruce (adjective)
  3. 3) spruce (noun)
  4. spruce aphid (noun)
  5. spruce beer (noun)
  6. spruce beetle (noun)
  7. spruce borer (noun)
  8. spruce bud midge (noun)
  9. spruce bud moth (noun)
  10. spruce budworm (noun)
  11. spruce coneworm (noun)
  12. spruce extract (noun)
  13. spruce fir (noun)
  14. spruce foliage worm (noun)
  15. spruce gall aphid (noun)
  16. spruce green (noun)
  17. spruce grouse (noun)
  18. spruce gum (noun)
  19. spruce oil (noun)
  20. spruce pine (noun)
  21. spruce sawfly (noun)
  22. spruce spider mite (noun)
  23. spruce yellow (noun)
  24. Alcock spruce (noun)
  25. big-cone spruce (noun)
  26. Black Hills spruce (noun)
  27. black spruce (noun)
  28. blue spruce (noun)
  29. bog spruce (noun)
  30. Brewer's spruce (noun)

1spruce

verb \ˈsprüs\
sprucedspruc·ing

Definition of SPRUCE

transitive verb
: to make spruce —often used with up
intransitive verb
: to make oneself spruce <spruce up a bit>
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First Known Use of SPRUCE

1594

Rhymes with SPRUCE

crouse, crus, cruse, deuce, douce, goose, juice, loose, moose, mousse, noose, nous, puce, rhus, ruse, Russ, schuss, Seuss, sluice, truce, use, Zeus

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