Word Meaning

Meaning of spruce

- Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest. See Picea.
- The wood or timber of the spruce tree.
- Prussia leather; pruce.
- Neat, without elegance or dignity; -- formerly applied to things with a serious meaning; now chiefly applied to persons.
- Sprightly; dashing.
- To dress with affected neatness; to trim; to make spruce.
- To dress one's self with affected neatness; as, to spruce up.

Crossword clue for spruce

- A tree
- Curse deplorably around principal ... persuaded to smarten up
- Evergreen tree
- Natty
- Neat and smart
- Neat and tidy
- Neat in appearance
- Norway evergreen
- Smart
- Smart, natty
- Smarten, ... up
- Trim the tree
- Type of tree