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
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Currently offering several types of cut-your-own trees, including eastern white pine, Norway spruce and Fraser fir.
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Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2025
Pre-dug and balled include white pine, Norway spruce, and Colorado blue spruce.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
The 68-foot Norway spruce is now one of the largest Christmas trees in city history.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The Norway spruce stands at 75 feet tall and measures 45 feet in diameter and weighs 11 tons.
—Joyann Jeffrey, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
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Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Nov. 2025
Pre-dug and balled include white pine, Norway spruce, and Colorado blue spruce.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
The 68-foot Norway spruce is now one of the largest Christmas trees in city history.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
The Norway spruce stands at 75 feet tall and measures 45 feet in diameter and weighs 11 tons.
—Joyann Jeffrey, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
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“Norway spruce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Norway%20spruce. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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