black spruce

noun

: a widely distributed spruce (Picea mariana) of northern North America that grows chiefly in moist soils and bogs

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The black spruce is one of the few trees that can grow on such spongy soils. — Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2024 Brown and black bears, moose and wolves, roam tundra and black spruce forests. — Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 The mass timber features black spruce obtained from forests in nearby Quebec, reducing the environmental impact of transporting the wood long distances. — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 The new 35,000-square-foot building, with a $32 million price tag, features the city's first mass timber construction, with blonde-toned black spruce wood posts providing the building's foundation. — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for black spruce

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First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of black spruce was in 1741

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