spruce

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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

Yet for investors considering any last-minute “window dressing” to spruce up their portfolios before liquidity tends to dry up during the year-end holiday period, Sutherland of Schroders said that’s not a good idea.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 14, 2025

If you’d like to spruce up your mashed sweet potatoes, try stirring in sour cream, butter and olive oil to make them extra creamy.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Uplands’s autumnal and only slightly less prestigious sibling Rush Creek Reserve is a decadent, soft cheese wrapped in spruce bark that drops only in October and November.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

Vaguely, he could make out the big spruce tree lying on the ground only feet away from where he lay.

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen