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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Five years after Dan died at 32 years old, Judy decided to make their lifelong dream of getting the 75-foot-tall Norway spruce outside their home in upstate New York to the front of Rockefeller Center come true.
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
The 75-foot-tall Norway spruce, which boasts a diameter of 45 feet, will travel about 130 miles, arriving at the famous plaza on Nov. 8.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
Researchers have unveiled this connection between microbes in Norway spruce needles and gold nanoparticles that travel from soil, likely near deposits.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
The 75-foot-tall Norway spruce, which boasts a diameter of 45 feet, will travel about 130 miles, arriving at the famous plaza on Nov. 8.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
Researchers have unveiled this connection between microbes in Norway spruce needles and gold nanoparticles that travel from soil, likely near deposits.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
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
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“Norway spruce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Norway%20spruce. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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