spruce tree

collocation in English

meaningsofspruceandtree

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spruce
adjective
uk
/spruːs/us
/spruːs/
(of a person) tidy and clean ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofspruceandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They obscured direct observation of the highway by placingsprucetreebranches along it.
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At about 4 o'clock in the morning a largesprucetreecame down the river with roots, branches and all.
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The tree is a mix of a pine andsprucetreethe bark of a pine and the needles of a spruce.
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Her parachute became trapped in asprucetree, and she injured her foot as she disentangled herself.
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This first tree was a 35 ft tallsprucetree.
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His walking stick was a 5 fathomssprucetreetrunk.
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In the sub-alpine area above 1050 metres is the battle zone of thesprucetree.
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As a result, the path has bush honeysuckle, evergreens, jonquils, and asprucetree.
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These infestations provide limited numbers of bark-beetle hosts because they are generally restricted to groups of 1-4 spruce trees.
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There are some groves of pine and spruce trees on the sea side of the road here.
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This aphid feeds on the older needles of spruce trees causing discolouration and loss of needles.
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He gave us an example of a plantation of spruce trees which, though not actually dead, were in an advanced state of deterioration.
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Access to these higher grounds must inevitably be through barbed wire lanes that lead between the ranks of the spruce trees.
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Today this outlook is no longer visible due to the tall spruce trees that block the view.
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The spruce trees were removed in 1989 after several were damaged during a storm.
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It is a woodland species found in deciduous and coniferous woodland, especially on spruce trees, but also on pine, oak and beech.
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Many thousands of acres of spruce trees died as a result.
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In the past, these forests were negatively affected by forest management, such as logging and the subsequent planting in favor of spruce trees.
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The loggers had plenty of white pine, balsam fir, and spruce trees to cut.
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The campus also hosts a variety of local flora, such as white oak and spruce trees, dogwoods, laurels, and rhododendrons.
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