spruce
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Native trees like alder, spruce and rowan are interspersed with hawthorn shrubs.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The researchers found that beetles feeding on spruce trees absorb defensive compounds from the phloem, especially phenolic glycosides such as stilbenes and flavonoids.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
Greg Werkheiser, one of the lawyers who filed the lawsuit, said nothing is wrong with wanting to spruce up federal buildings, but there are proper ways to preserve historic structures, especially those made of granite.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
It also occurs sporadically in New Jersey, where it was introduced in 1911 on a shipment of spruce trees from Holland, and in Michigan, where its method of entry is not known.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Novel Study: The Outsiders, Chapters 6–12
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