Picea

noun

Pic·​ea

ˈpisēə,

ˈpīs-

: a genus of temperate and arctic evergreen trees (family Pinaceae) having acicular leaves that are keeled on both surfaces and borne individually on persistent peg-shaped bases and cones that become pendulous and have reflexed scales see spruce

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, pitch pine, from pic-, pix pitch

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