red-spruce

red spruce

noun
a spruce, Picea rubens, of eastern North America, having reddish-brown bark and cones and yielding a light, soft wood used for pulp, in the construction of boxes, etc.

Origin:
1770–80

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red spruce

noun
medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood 
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