blue spruce
noun
a spruce, Picea pungens, of western North America, having bluish-green leaves, grown as an ornamental: the state tree of Colorado and Utah.
Also called
Colorado blue spruce,
Colorado spruce.
Origin of blue spruce
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Words nearby blue spruce
blue shield,
blue shift,
blue spirea,
blue spot,
blue springs,
blue spruce,
blue stain,
blue state,
blue stellar object,
blue stem,
blue straggler
British Dictionary definitions for blue spruce
blue spruce
noun
a spruce tree, Picea pungens glauca, native to the Rocky Mountains of North America, having blue-green needle-like leaves
Also called: balsam spruce