blue spruce
noun
a spruce, Picea pungens, of western North America, having bluish-green leaves, grown as an ornamental: the state tree of Colorado and Utah.
Origin of blue spruce
1An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
- Also called Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce.
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British Dictionary definitions for blue spruce
blue spruce
noun
a spruce tree, Picea pungens glauca, native to the Rocky Mountains of North America, having blue-green needle-like leaves: Also called: balsam spruce
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