Norway spruce
noun
: a widely cultivated spruce (Picea abies) of northern Europe that has a pyramidal shape, spreading branches and pendulous branchlets, dark foliage, and long pendulous cones
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By their calculations, the synchronization area is about twice that of Norway spruce, which mast over only about 1,000 kilometers and are much less tightly correlated in time.
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Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2024
Standing tall at 80 feet, this Norway spruce is bedecked with 50,000 LED lights and topped with a Swarovski star nearly ten feet tall—a work of art designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, boasting three million crystals across 70 triangular spikes.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
Front Lawn Of course, one of the notable filming locations is the Front Lawn at Biltmore House, where a 55-foot-tall Norway spruce is wrapped with 55,000 lights.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
And as Speaker, Johnson got to light the Capitol Christmas tree – a 63-foot tall Norway spruce from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia.
—Chad Pergram, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
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Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2024
Standing tall at 80 feet, this Norway spruce is bedecked with 50,000 LED lights and topped with a Swarovski star nearly ten feet tall—a work of art designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, boasting three million crystals across 70 triangular spikes.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
Front Lawn Of course, one of the notable filming locations is the Front Lawn at Biltmore House, where a 55-foot-tall Norway spruce is wrapped with 55,000 lights.
—Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
And as Speaker, Johnson got to light the Capitol Christmas tree – a 63-foot tall Norway spruce from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia.
—Chad Pergram, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Norway spruce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Norway%20spruce. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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