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Meanings of spruce pine in English

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Common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood.

Shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares.

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Small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood.

Large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood.

Usage of spruce pine in English
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They proved to be a species of spruce pine, very proper for spars, which were then wanted.
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain J...
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The objects observed were found to be a species of spruce pine, admirably fitted for masts and spars.
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
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We are still hewers of wood and drawers of water, but the spruce pine beetle is destroying our forests.
The Guardian
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The chief produce of the island is a kind of spruce pine, exceedingly straight and tall, which grows in great abundance.
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain J...
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We found the tall trees to be a kind of spruce pine, very proper for spars, of which we were in want.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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A spruce pine also grew in abundance, and to a great size, and there were also found a number of cabbage palms.
Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries
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The Timber is Short & long leaf Pine Spruce Pine & fur.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
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Spruce Pine's mineralogical wealth is a result of the area's unique geologic history.
Wired
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Spruce Pine is not a wealthy place.
Wired
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Spruce Pine, it turns out, is the source of the purest natural quartz- aspeciesof pristine sand-everfound on Earth.
Wired
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I saw a number of verry large Spruce Pine one of which I measured 14 feet around and verry tall.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
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Any one, who is in the least acquainted with spruce pines, will find the tree which I have distinguished by that name.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
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And Martin, 73, is now a resident of Mountain View Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, after pleading guilty to securities fraud.
Reuters
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Fresh from church on a cool, overcast Sunday morning in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, Alex Glover slides onto the plastic bench of a McDonald's booth.
Wired