a spruce, Picea mariana, of North America, having bluish-green leaves and grayish-brown bark.
2.
the light, soft wood of this tree.
Origin
1755-65, Americanism
British Dictionary definitions for black spruce
black spruce
noun
1.
a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles Also called spruce pine