SITKA SPRUCE

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Synonyms:

Picea sitchensis; Sitka spruce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

spruce (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)

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