Meaning of PICEA
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| | Definition: | | [n] a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (see spruce) |
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| | Synonyms: | | genus Picea |
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| | See Also: | | family Pinaceae, gymnosperm genus, Pinaceae, pine family, spruce | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pic"e*a\, n. [L., the pitch pine, from pix, picis,
pitch.] (Bot.)
A genus of coniferous trees of the northen hemisphere,
including the Norway spruce and the American black and white
spruces. These trees have pendent cones, which do not readily
fall to pieces, in this and other respects differing from the
firs.
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