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white spruce 
a species of spruce, Picea glauca, found from the Rockies to Newfoundland, much used for pulpwood and lumber.
See also: cat spruce
- 1770 (1792) About four miles above, are several small low islands, on which grow many fine white, and black spruces.
- 1852 On the borders of Great Bear Lake, four hundred years are required to bring the stem of the white spruce to the thickness of a man's waist.
- 1962 [There are] minor quantities of balsam fir, white spruce, and Norway spruce.
- 1770 (1792) About four miles above, are several small low islands, on which grow many fine white, and black spruces.