PICEA

Picea, genus Picea

(noun) a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Pic"e*a, n. Etym: [L., the pitch pine, from pix, picis, pitch.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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MEGALITH

(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)


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