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blue spruce

noun

  1. a spruce, Picea pungens, of western North America, having bluish-green leaves, grown as an ornamental: the state tree of Colorado and Utah.


blue spruce

noun

  1. a spruce tree, Picea pungens glauca , native to the Rocky Mountains of North America, having blue-green needle-like leaves Also calledbalsam spruce
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of blue spruce1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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