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white spruce
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a species of spruce, Picea glauca, found from the Rockies to Newfoundland, much used for pulpwood and lumber.
See: cat spruce
Quotations
1770
About four miles above, are several small low islands, on which grow many fine white, and black spruces.
1852
On the borders of Great Bear Lake, four hundred years are required to bring the stem of the white spruce to the thickness of a man's waist.
1962
[There are] minor quantities of balsam fir, white spruce, and Norway spruce.