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Definition of P nigra

P nigra
Spruce 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. 2. The wood or timber of the spruce tree. 3. Prussia leather; pruce. [Obs.] Spruce, a sort of leather corruptly so called for Prussia leather. --E. Phillips. Douglas spruce (Bot.), a valuable timber tree (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) of Northwestern America. Essence of spruce, a thick, dark-colored, bitterish, and acidulous liquid made by evaporating a decoction of the young branches of spruce. Hemlock spruce (Bot.), a graceful coniferous tree (Tsuga Canadensis) of North America. Its timber is valuable, and the bark is largely used in tanning leather. Spruce beer. [G. sprossenbier; sprosse sprout, shoot (akin to E. sprout, n.) + bier beer. The word was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia (OE. Spruce), or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce. See Sprout, n., Beer, and cf. Spruce, n.] A kind of beer which is tinctured or flavored with spruce, either by means of the extract or by decoction. Spruce grouse. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Spruce partridge, below. Spruce leather. See Spruce, n., 3. Spruce partridge (Zo["o]l.), a handsome American grouse (Dendragapus Canadensis) found in Canada and the Northern United States; -- called also Canada grouse.

Meaning of P nigra from wikipedia

- layers of thick-walled hypodermal cells. P. nigra subsp. nigra var. nigra (syn. Pinus nigra var. austriaca, Pinus nigra subsp. dalmatica) (Austrian pine): Austria...
- P. nigra may refer to: Penelopina nigra, the Highland guan, a bird species Petrotilapia nigra, a fish species Phelsuma v-nigra v-nigra, a small diurnal...
- Populus nigra, the black poplar, is a species of cottonwood poplar, the type species of section Aigeiros of the genus Populus, native to Europe, southwest...
- Phyllostachys nigra, commonly known as black bamboo or purple bamboo (Chinese: 紫竹), is a species of bamboo, native to Hunan Province of China, and is...
- Prunus nigra, the Canada plum, Canadian plum, or black plum, is a species of Prunus native to eastern North America. Prunus nigra is a deciduous shrub...
- cobra (Pseudohaje goldii). P. nigra is found in Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo. P. nigra is black dorsally, and brown...
- afghanica) Populus × canadensis (P. deltoides × P. nigra) – hybrid black poplar Populus × inopina (P. nigra × P. fremontii) – hybrid black poplar Populus section...
- in shallow waters, attached to any hard substrate. Like all tunicates, P. nigra has a thick leathery envelope (tunic) containing cellulosic material. Like...
- binds the cones shut until melted by a forest fire, for example in P. radiata and P. muricata; the seeds are then released after the fire to colonise the...
- cir****scribed in 1917 by the American lichenologist Lincoln Ware Riddle, with P. nigra ****igned as the type, and at the time, only species in the genus. A second...