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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A northern North American spruce (Picea mariana) of acidic wetlands, having blue-green needles and small cones.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood

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