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Sitka spruce   /sˈɪtkə sprus/   Listen
Sitka spruce

noun
1.
A large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight.  Synonym: Picea sitchensis.





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"Sitka spruce" Quotes from Famous Books



... evening was made at the head of a narrow bay bordered by spruce and hemlock woods. We made our beds beneath a grand old Sitka spruce five feet in diameter, whose broad, winglike branches were outspread immediately above our heads. The night picture as I stood back to see it in the firelight was this one great tree, relieved against the gloom ...
— Travels in Alaska • John Muir


Words linked to "Sitka spruce" :   spruce


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