spruce

³spruce

noun

plural spruc·es also spruce

Definition of SPRUCE

1

a : any of a genus (Picea) of evergreen trees of the pine family with a conical head of dense foliage, flat or 4-sided needles, pendulous cones, and soft light wood b : any of several coniferous trees (as Douglas fir) of similar habit

2

: the wood of a spruce

Origin of SPRUCE

obsolete Spruce Prussia, from Middle English, alteration of Pruce, from Anglo-French

First Known Use: 1670

Other Seed Plant Terms

aubergine, box, bramble, briar, composite, perpetual, pulse, trefoil