sitka spruce

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsPicea sitchensis

   Broaderspruce

Questions about sitka spruce

What does sitka spruce mean?

sitka spruce means "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".

What is another word for sitka spruce?

Close synonyms include Picea sitchensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sitka spruce a common word?

sitka spruce is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.