spruce
/sprˈus/
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Definitions
Adjective Satellite
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
Noun
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
Noun
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
Verb
make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
Verb
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
Synonyms
dapper
dashing
jaunty
natty
raffish
rakish
slick up
smarten up
snappy
spiff up
spiffy
spruce up
titivate
tittivate
More General Terms
More Specific Terms
black spruce
Brewer''s spruce
Colorado blue spruce
Colorado spruce
eastern spruce
Engelmann spruce
Engelmann''s spruce
Norway spruce
oriental spruce
Picea abies
Picea breweriana
Picea engelmannii
Picea glauca
Picea mariana
Picea obovata
Picea orientalis
Picea pungens
Picea rubens
Picea sitchensis
red spruce
Siberian spruce
silver spruce
Sitka spruce
spruce pine
weeping spruce
white spruce
yellow spruce