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spruce pine

noun

  1. a tall coniferous tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern U.S., having smooth, gray bark and needles in bundles of two.
  2. any of several other pines, as P. elliottii or P. virginiana.


spruce pine

noun

  1. a large pine tree, Pinus glabra, of the southeastern US
  2. any of several similar plants, such as certain pines, hemlocks, and spruces
“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 spruce pine1

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85
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Example Sentences

In the Bronx, Curtis is trying the spruce pine and the graceful longleaf pine, both native to southern states.

Far down the glen yonder, where the river broadens out in the valley, there lie long clouds of grey mist, with the tall spruce pines glimmering green and ghost-like through them.

Vegetables, of any sort, were few in number; and the trees were chiefly the Canadian and spruce pine, some of which were of a considerable height and thickness.

It was a wilderness of firs and spruce pines.

Vegetables were few in number; and the trees were chiefly the Canadian and spruce pine.

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