spruce
/spɹuːs/
noun
- 1
Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.
- 2
The wood of a spruce.
- 3
(used attributively) Made of the wood of the spruce.
“That spruce table is beautiful!”
- 4
Prussian leather; pruce.
verb
- 1
(usually with up) To arrange neatly; tidy up.
- 2
(usually with up) To make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance).
- 3
To tease.
adjective
- 1
Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).
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