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ENGELMANN SPRUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Engelmann spruce mean? 

ENGELMANN SPRUCE (noun)
  The noun ENGELMANN SPRUCE has 1 sense:

1. tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxesplay

  Familiarity information: ENGELMANN SPRUCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ENGELMANN SPRUCE (noun)


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Meaning:

Tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Engelmann's spruce; Engelmann spruce; Picea engelmannii

Hypernyms ("Engelmann spruce" is a kind of...):

spruce (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)


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