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  1. coniferous tree of the genus Picea of the
  2. pine family, found over much of the northern
  3. hemisphere. Pyramidal in shape, spruces have
  4. rigid, prickly needles and drooping, leathery
  5. cones. Some are important forestry trees,
  6. such as sitka spruce Picea sitchensis, native
  7. to W North America, and the Norway spruce
  8. Picea abies, now planted widely in North
  9. America.
  10.