sprout
— Noun
– English
~ a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
sprout
— Verb
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~ put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"
sprout
— Verb
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~ produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
sprouted
— Adjective
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~ (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground; "the corn is sprouted"
sprouting
— Noun
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~ the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
Sitka spruce
— Noun
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~ a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight
spruce pine
— Noun
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~ small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
spruce pine
— Noun
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~ large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood
spruce pine
— Noun
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~ common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood
spruce
— Noun
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~ light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
spruce
— Noun
– English
~ any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
spruce bark beetle
— Noun
– English
~ small beetle that likes to bore through the bark of spruce trees and eat the cambium which eventually kills the tree; "the spruce bark beetle is the major tree-killing insect pest of Alaska spruce forests"
spruce grouse
— Noun
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~ North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles
spruce beer
— Noun
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~ a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)
spruce pine
— Noun
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~ shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
spruce
— Verb
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~ make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
spruce
— Verb
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~ dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
silver spruce
— Noun
– English
~ tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
Siberian spruce
— Noun
– English
~ tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia; resembles Norway spruce