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Spruce pine

noun

Common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood. Synonyms: Canadian hemlock, eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis.

Small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood. Synonyms: black spruce, Picea mariana.

Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares. Synonyms: lodgepole, lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta, shore pine.

Large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood. Synonym: Pinus glabra.

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... October a small island was discovered, rising to a great height out of the ocean, and bearing numbers of spruce pine and cabbage-palms. It was uninhabited, and possibly no human being had ever before landed there. The name of Norfolk Island was given to it, and it was afterwards used by the British as a ...

— Notable Voyagers - From Columbus to Nordenskiold • W.H.G. Kingston and Henry Frith

Words linked to "Spruce pine" : shore pine, hemlock, pine tree, Picea mariana, pine, hemlock tree, spruce, true pine, Pinus glabra