Silver Spruce (Noun)
Meaning
Tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The park ranger identified the majestic tree as a silver spruce, pointing out its distinctive blue-green needles.
- The hiking trail wound through a stand of silver spruce, their dense conic crowns blocking out most of the sunlight.
- As the silver spruce matured, it developed a striking columnar shape, with lower branches that swept dramatically downward.
- The forester explained that silver spruce were highly valued for their timber, due to their strength and resistance to rot.
- The ski resort's slopes were lined with rows of silver spruce, their dark branches etched against the snow-covered peaks.