spruce

adj. dressed up, having a smart appearance; clean and orderly

v. dress up, improve one's outward appearance; make neat and tidy

n. variety of coniferous evergreen tree

Spruce refers to trees of the genus Picea, a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the Family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the earth. Spruces are large trees, from 20–60 (–95) m tall when mature, and can be distinguished by their whorled branches and conical form. The needles, or leaves, of spruce trees are attached singly to the branches in a spiral fashion, each needle on a small peg-like structure called a pulvinus. The needles are shed when 4–10 years old, leaving the branches rough with the retained pulvini (an easy means of distinguishing them from other similar genera, where the branches are fairly smooth).
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Noun
1. light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
(hypernym) wood
2. any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
(hypernym) conifer, coniferous tree
(hyponym) Norway spruce, Picea abies
(member-holonym) Picea, genus Picea
Verb
1. make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
(synonym) spruce up, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
(hypernym) beautify, embellish, prettify
2. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party"
(synonym) spruce up, slick up, smarten up
(hypernym) groom, neaten
Adjective
1. marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
(synonym) dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, snappy
(similar) fashionable, stylish

(v. t.)
To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
  

(v. i.)
To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.
  

(n.)
Sprightly; dashing.
  

(n.)
Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.
  

(a.)
The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
  

(a.)
Prussia leather; pruce.
  

(a.)
Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.
  

Synonyms and related words:
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