black spruce


noun

a spruce, Picea mariana, of North America, having bluish-green leaves and grayish-brown bark.
the light, soft wood of this tree.

Origin of black spruce

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65

British Dictionary definitions for black spruce

black spruce

noun

a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles Also called: spruce pine