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Synonyms
spruce1 (sprōōs)

[Short for obsolete Spruce fir, Prussian fir, from Middle English Spruce, Prussia, alteration of Pruce, from Anglo-Norman Pruz, from Medieval LatinPrussia.]

noun 

    1. Any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Picea, having needlelike foliage, drooping cones, and soft wood often used for paper pulp.
    2. Any of various similar or related trees.
    3. The wood of any of these trees.
  2. A grayish green to dark greenish black.
spruce2 (sprōōs)

[Perhaps from obsolete spruce leather, Prussian leather, from Middle EnglishSpruce, Prussia; see spruce1.]

adjective: spruc·er, spruc·est. 

Neat, trim, and smart in appearance: “a good-looking man; spruce and dapper, and very tidy” (Anthony Trollope)

verb: spruced, spruc·ing, spruc·es. 

transitive verb 

To make neat and trim: spruced up the chairs with new slipcovers.

intransitive verb 

To make oneself neat and smart in appearance: He was sprucing for the school dance.

derivatives

sprucély
adverb
sprucéness
noun