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Colorado blue spruce   /kˌɑlərˈɑdoʊ blu sprus/   Listen
Colorado blue spruce

noun
1.
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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"Colorado blue spruce" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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



Words linked to "Colorado blue spruce" :   spruce



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