SITKA SPRUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sitka spruce mean? 

• SITKA SPRUCE (noun)
  The noun SITKA SPRUCE has 1 sense:

1. a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SITKA SPRUCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Picea sitchensis; Sitka spruce

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

spruce (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)