Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.
Spruce (?), n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named
because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its
sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below,
Spruce, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the
Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America
(P. alba and P. nigra), besides several others in the far Northwest.
See Picea.