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spruce

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Noun

  1. Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
  2. The wood of a spruce.
  3. Made of the wood of the spruce.
  4. Prussian leather; pruce.

Adjective

  1. Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).

Verb

  1. To arrange neatly; tidy up.
  2. To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
  3. To tease.

Proper noun

  1. Prussia.
  2. A surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
  4. A number of places in the United States: A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, named for spruce trees there.
  5. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri.
  6. A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.

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