English Explanatory Dictionary

Sitka spruce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Picea sitchensis, a very large coniferous evergreen tree.

Word forms

Sitka spruce Sitka spruces

Etymology

Calque of translingual Picea sitchensis. From the community of Sitka in southeast Alaska, where it is prevalent.

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