Definitions from Wiktionary (Spruce)
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
▸ noun: (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Prussian leather; pruce.
▸ adjective: (comparable) Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
▸ verb: (usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
▸ verb: To tease.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Prussia.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
▸ noun: A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, named for spruce trees there.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri.
▸ noun: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
▸ Also see spruce
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▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: (uncountable) The wood of a spruce.
▸ noun: (used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Prussian leather; pruce.
▸ adjective: (comparable) Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
▸ verb: (usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
▸ verb: To tease.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Prussia.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
▸ noun: A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, named for spruce trees there.
▸ noun: An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri.
▸ noun: A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
▸ Also see spruce
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