SPRUCE PINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spruce pine mean? 

• SPRUCE PINE (noun)
  The noun SPRUCE PINE has 4 senses:

1. common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood

2. small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood

3. shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares

4. large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood

  Familiarity information: SPRUCE PINE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRUCE PINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canadian hemlock; eastern hemlock; spruce pine; Tsuga canadensis

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

hemlock; hemlock tree (an evergreen tree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black spruce; Picea mariana; spruce pine

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

spruce (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

lodgepole; lodgepole pine; Pinus contorta; shore pine; spruce pine

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

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Pinus glabra; spruce pine

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

pine; pine tree; true pine (a coniferous tree)