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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blue spruce1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Another tree that we like is the Colorado blue spruce; it is hardy and grows excellently.

It may mean planting blue spruce or junipers around the house in a pleasing way, or you may use plants.

The Colorado Blue Spruce is another excellent variety for general planting, with rich, blue-green foliage.

She saw a blood-colored flash, and then the Bird perched on a branch of blue spruce on the hillside.

It is not unusual for blue spruce trees to divide near the ground in three or four branches.

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