white spruce

noun

a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
the light, soft wood of this tree, used for pulp and in the construction of boxes, crates, etc.

white spruce

a N North American spruce tree, Picea glauca, having grey bark, pale brown oblong cones, and bluish-green needle-like leaves

First recorded in 1760–70

The western white spruce is also much employed for various purposes.

They are much larger than in our native species of Black and White Spruce.

Andy dug around the white spruce tree and in a little while gathered a sufficient quantity of long string-like roots.

After some search, however, they discovered a white spruce tree suitable for their purpose, with a trunk ten inches in diameter.

We now substituted white spruce fir, which, when grown in these high latitudes, is an excellent wood for boat-building.

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