balsam spruce

balsam spruce
balsam spruce,
a tall fir of the mountains of the western United States, having blue-green needles; Alpine fir.

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  • balsam spruce — /bɔlsəm ˈsprus/ (say bawlsuhm sproohs) noun either of two North American conifers of the genus Picea, P. pungens, the blue spruce and P. engelmannii …  

  • spruce´ness — spruce1 «sproos», noun. 1. any one of a group of evergreen trees with cones and with needle shaped leaves arranged spirally around the branches. The spruce belongs to the pine family. It is often used as a Christmas tree in America. 2. any one of …   Useful english dictionary

  • spruce´ly — spruce1 «sproos», noun. 1. any one of a group of evergreen trees with cones and with needle shaped leaves arranged spirally around the branches. The spruce belongs to the pine family. It is often used as a Christmas tree in America. 2. any one of …   Useful english dictionary

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  • spruce budworm — spruce′ bud worm [[t]ˈbʌdˌwɜrm[/t]] n. ent the larva of a common moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada …   From formal English to slang

  • Balsam woolly adelgid — Taxobox name = Balsam Woolly Adelgid image width = 250px image caption = Adult Balsam woolly adelgid regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Hemiptera superfamilia = Phylloxeroidea familia = Adelgidae genus = Adelges… …   Wikipedia

  • Spruce Budworm — Choristoneura Mountain ash tortricid Choristoneura hebenstreitella Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • spruce budworm — /bud werrm / the larva of a common tortricid moth, Choristoneura fumiferana, that is a destructive pest primarily of spruce and balsam fir in the northern and northeastern U.S. and in Canada. [1880 85] * * * Larva of a leaf roller moth… …   Universalium

  • spruce budworm — noun Date: 1884 a tortricid moth (Choristoneura fumiferana) whose larva feeds on evergreen trees (as spruce and balsam fir) in the northern United States and Canada; also a related moth (C. occidentalis) of the northwestern United States and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • spruce budworm — noun : a caterpillar that is the larva of a tortricid moth (Choristoneura fumiferana) and feeds on the needles of the terminal shoots of spruce, balsam fir, and other evergreen trees in the northern United States and in Canada …   Useful english dictionary

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