Norway spruce

noun

: a widely cultivated spruce (Picea abies) of northern Europe that has a pyramidal shape, spreading branches and pendulous branchlets, dark foliage, and long pendulous cones

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Pre-dug and balled include white pine, Norway spruce, and Colorado blue spruce. — Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Nov. 2025 One even hid in the lower branches of my Norway spruce tree while singing and interjecting the sound which gave it its name. — Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 My 2-year-old daughter’s howls of protest echoed through the previously silent forest of towering Norway spruce. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026 The Norway spruce stands at 75 feet tall and measures 45 feet in diameter and weighs 11 tons. — Joyann Jeffrey, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Norway spruce

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First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Norway spruce was in 1766

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“Norway spruce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Norway%20spruce. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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