black spruce

Definition of Black Spruce in English :

small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Black Spruce

noun

a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles

. Also called: spruce pine

1.

a small spruce (Picea mariana) found in the cold bogs of N North America

2.

its soft, light wood

n.

A northern North American spruce (Picea mariana) of acidic wetlands, having blue-green needles and small cones.