spruce

nouns

light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

spruce

is made of

any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

is a type of (narrower)

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

spruce

is a member of

a genus of temperate and Arctic evergreen trees (see spruce)

is a type of (narrower)

any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

make neat, smart, or trim

"Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"

dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion

"He spruced up for the party"

slick up, smarten up, spruce, spruce up

marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

"a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy, spruce

is derived from