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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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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