white spruce

noun

especially, Picea glauca

Similar
Canadian spruce, skunk spruce, cat spruce, Black Hills spruce, western white spruce, Alberta white spruce, Porsild sprucePicea glauca
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Meanings

nounwhite spruce (countable and uncountable, plural white spruces or white spruce)

plural white spruces

  1. Any of several species of spruce (Picea)
    1. countableuncountableespecially, Picea glauca

      Synonyms: Canadian spruce, skunk spruce, cat spruce, Black Hills spruce, western white spruce, Alberta white spruce, Porsild spruce

    2. countableuncountablePicea engelmannii (Engelmann spruce)
    3. countableuncountablePicea pungens (blue spruce)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounespecially, Picea glauca

Similar
Canadian spruce, skunk spruce, cat spruce, Black Hills spruce, western white spruce, Alberta white spruce, Porsild spruce

More synonyms by meaning

nounmedium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones

Similar
Picea glauca
Broader
spruce
Also see
black hills sprucesilver spruceskunk spruce

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish valkokuusi
  • valkokuusiPicea glauca
Polish świerk biały, świerk kanadyjski
  • świerk białyPicea glauca
  • świerk kanadyjskiPicea glauca
Welsh sbriws gwyn(ion)
  • sbriws gwyn(ion)Picea glauca
Cite this entry
APA

white spruce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20spruce

MLA

“white spruce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20spruce. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “white spruce,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/white%20spruce.

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