red spruce

noun

: a spruce (Picea rubens) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that has pubescent twigs and yellowish-green needles and is an important source of lumber and pulpwood

Examples of red spruce in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In other words, there’s a lot of string instruments in the mix, which is apt given that the red spruce trees that get a starring role here are the species much favored by Stradivarius making violins on account of their natural resonance. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

Will the deep hollows be moist with mosses, shaded by red spruce and hemlock? — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

The 2025 tree is a 32-foot red spruce that grew in the mountains of Highland County, Virginia. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025

The red spruce trees that sprang up after logging operations had ended formed nearly impenetrable thickets. — John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1740, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for red spruce

• abstruse
• abuse
• adduce
• atreus
• caboose
• cayuse
• conduce
• deduce
• diffuse
• disuse
• excuse
• footloose

Kids Definition

red spruce

noun

: a spruce of the eastern U.S. and Canada that is an important source of lumber and pulpwood