Definition of Picea abies

1. Noun. Tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones.

Exact synonyms: Norway Spruce
Generic synonyms: Spruce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picea Abies

Piauí
Pica pica
Pica pica hudsonia
Picard
Picardie
Picards
Picardy
Picatinny rail
Piccadilly
Piccadilly Circus
Picchini
Picea abies (current term)
Picea breweriana
Picea engelmannii
Picea glauca
Picea mariana
Picea obovata
Picea orientalis
Picea pungens
Picea rubens
Picea sitchensis
Pichileminian
Pichileminians
Pichilemo
Pichilemu
Pichilemu City

Literary usage of Picea abies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"... the word Sierran is used to include the mountain axis from California to British Columbia. THE PETRAN SUBALPINE FOREST. PICEA-ABIES ASSOCIATION. Extent. ..."

2. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"C35 Using infrared thermography to access viability of Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies seedlings before planting. Egnell, G.; Orlander, G. Can-j-for-res. ..."

3. Reports and Awards by United States Centennial Commission (1878)
"The Picea abies section contained some of the finest evergreen-trees for ornamental effect and ... Picea (Abies) Nordmanniana has already been mentioned. ..."

4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1866)
"Picea (Abies) pinsapo.—Height, 21j feet. Spread of branches, 60 feet in circumference. ... This tree has produced abundance of cones. Picea (Abies) ..."

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