What is the meaning of spruce?

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noun

Light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork.
Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea.

verb

Make neat, smart, or trim.
- usage: "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
- synonyms: spruce up, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion.
- usage: "He spruced up for the party"
- synonyms: spruce up, slick up, smarten up

adjective

Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
- usage: "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
- synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy

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