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red spruce 
1 a species of spruce, Picea rubens, found in eastern Canada.
- 1801 Close-grained wood is, on that account, the best; but theirs are made from the red or swamp spruce fir tree.
- 1952 The dominant and characteristic tree [of the Acadian forest] . . . is red spruce . . . which is found throughout this region and, apparently, to no great extent anywhere else
2 the wood of this tree.
- 1777 The sleepers of all bridges shall be of cedar; the logs covering the sleepers, shall be of ash or red spruce, well squared and pinned to the sleepers.
- 1962 In the Maritime Provinces, red pine and red spruce are the most extensively used. . .
- 1801 Close-grained wood is, on that account, the best; but theirs are made from the red or swamp spruce fir tree.