[syn: spruce pine, Pinus glabra]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spruce pine
    n 1: common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada;
         used especially for pulpwood [syn: eastern hemlock,
         Canadian hemlock, spruce pine, Tsuga canadensis]
    2: small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America
       having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood
       [syn: black spruce, Picea mariana, spruce pine]
    3: shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United
       States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares
       [syn: shore pine, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, spruce
       pine, Pinus contorta]
    4: large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with
       light soft wood [syn: spruce pine, Pinus glabra]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Spruce Pine, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    2030
   Housing Units (2000): 968
   Land area (2000):     3.889214 sq. miles (10.073017 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.889214 sq. miles (10.073017 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            64260
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             35.913743 N, 82.069999 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     28777
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Spruce Pine, NC
    Spruce Pine