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/kˌɑlərˈɑdoʊ blu sprus/ Listen

Colorado blue spruce

noun

Tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward. Synonyms: Colorado spruce, Picea pungens, silver spruce.

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... or when brought by the planter to his home grounds. The leaves are much shorter than those of most pines, and clothe the twigs closely. There is a vast variety in color, too, from the wonderful whitish or "glaucous" blue of the Colorado blue spruce, to the deep shining green of Nordmann's fir, a splendid introduction from the Caucasus. Look at them, glistening in the winter sun, or drooping with the clinging snow; walk in a spruce wood, inhaling the bracing ...

— Getting Acquainted with the Trees • J. Horace McFarland

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Words linked to "Colorado blue spruce" : spruce