Phrase Hound found 45 phrases and 9 compound words that contain spruce. The most common are listed below. Open spruce in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 45
- spruce upTo dress or arrange smartly, elegantly, and neatly; to smarten.
- Norway spruceA species of spruce native to Europe and naturalized in temperate northeastern North America, Picea abies.
- spruce grouseA medium-sized grouse closely associated with the coniferous boreal forests or taiga of North America (Dendrapagus canadensis, syn. Falcipennis canadensis).
- blue spruceA spruce tree of species Picea pungens, native to the Rocky Mountains of North America, often planted as an ornamental.
- Sitka sprucePicea sitchensis, a very large coniferous evergreen tree.
- white spruceAny of several species of spruce (Picea)
- Serbian spruceA coniferous tree of species Picea omorika, native to a very small area of Serbia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina.
- black sprucePicea mariana, a North American species of spruce.
- Siberian spruceA tree of species Picea obovata.
- Engelmann sprucePicea engelmannii, a spruce native to western North America.
- Spruce GroveA city in Parkland, Alberta, Canada.
- spruce pineA pine of species Pinus glabra.
- Brewer's spruceA North American spruce of species Picea breweriana.
- Colorado spruceSynonym of blue spruce (Picea pungens)
- European spruceSynonym of Norway spruce (Picea abies)
- green spruceSynonym of blue spruce (Picea pungens)
- red spruceA species of spruce, Picea rubens
- silver spruceAny of various spruce trees
- spruce beerA kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
- spruce gumA gum made from the resin of spruce trees, historically used for chewing, in medicine, and as an adhesive.
- weeping spruceA spruce of species Picea breweriana of North America.
- Colorado blue spruceSynonym of blue spruce (Picea pungens)
- spruce aphidAny member of the insect family Adelgidae (not true aphids) associated with spruce trees.
- Ezo spruceA large evergreen tree of species Picea jezoensis, native to northeast Asia.
- Jezo spruceAlternative form of Ezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)
Compound words 9
- sprucyResembling or characteristic of the spruce tree.
- sprucelessWithout a spruce or spruces.
- sprucenTo arrange neatly; tidy up.
- spruceryThe property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.
- sprucifyTo smarten; spruce up.
- sprucenessThe property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant.
- silverspruceAlternative form of silver spruce (“a grayish pale blue”)
- sprucenedsimple past and past participle of sprucen
- spruceningpresent participle and gerund of sprucen