spruce pine
noun
: an American tree (such as some pines and spruces or the common eastern hemlock) of the pine family with light, soft, or weak wood
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The six-mile Torreya Challenge Loop, covered in Florida anise, sweetgum, magnolia, hickory, and spruce pines, steadily climbs and dips.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
In the Bronx, Curtis is trying the spruce pine and the graceful longleaf pine, both native to southern states.
—Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2025
In the Bronx, Curtis is trying the spruce pine and the graceful longleaf pine, both native to southern states.
—Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
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“Spruce pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spruce%20pine. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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