spruces in English

noun
1
a widespread coniferous tree that has a distinctive conical shape and hanging cones, widely grown for timber, pulp, and Christmas trees.
The best trees to plant with wildlife in mind are cherry and mulberry for their fruits, pines and spruces for their seed-bearing cones and deciduous trees that vary in size and density.
verb
1
make a person or place smarter or tidier.
the fund will be used to spruce up historic buildings
synonyms:smarten (up)tidyneatendeclutterput in ordercleanupgraderenovatedo upgussy up
verb

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1. Spruce Budworm caterpillars feed on the buds and needles of fir and spruces

2. There were shapes of spruces rising to constrict a sky full of great cold stars.

3. Correlations were analyzed on 20 fast-grown and 20 slow-grown Norway spruces (Picea abies (L.)

4. Therefore, it seems successful to test the air pollution resistance of spruces growing in dry regions.

5. The abundance of many arthropod taxa correlated positively with the numbers of saplings, deciduous shrubs, and spruces.

6. The growth of the mean stand height of spruces (Picea abies) for different site classes is described using the Evolon model.

7. Conifers are a type of woody plant that belong to the botanical division Pinophyta and class Pinopsida. Apart from firs, spruces, and pines, other trees belonging to the families of Conifers include cedar, cypress, yew, and juniper trees.

8. On Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, S. gaspensis has been recorded from seven habitats, two of which were described by Roscoe and Majka (1976): 1) a mixedwood stand composed of spruces (Picea spp), white birch (Betula papyrifera), and balsam fir (Abies balsamifera) with scattered maples (Acer spp); and 2) a mature hardwood stand of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis).