Norway spruce

noun

: 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

Examples of Norway spruce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Translation is a mug’s game, at best leaving a pale copy of the original: the difference between a black-and-white snapshot of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and the real Norway spruce in living color. —William Logan, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025

In a grove of Norway spruce not far from the cabin, a ruffed grouse exploded from a branch directly overhead and gave everyone a start. —Erwin A. Bauer, Outdoor Life, 25 Dec. 2024

Outside, a towering 55-foot-tall Norway spruce stands on the front lawn, surrounded by 26 illuminated evergreens. —Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024

Front lawn Of course, one of the notable filming locations is Biltmore House’s front lawn, which boasts a 55-ft. Norway spruce wrapped with 55,000 lights. —Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Norway spruce

• disabuse
• introduce
• reproduce
• abstruse
• abuse
• adduce
• atreus
• caboose
• cayuse
• conduce
• deduce
• diffuse