Sitka spruce

English

Etymology

Calque of translingual Picea sitchensis. From the community of Sitka in southeast Alaska, where it is prevalent.

Noun

Sitka spruce (plural Sitka spruces)

Picea sitchensis, a very large coniferous evergreen tree.

Translations

tree of the species Picea sitchensis

Faroese: sitkagrann f
French: épicéa de Sitka (fr) m, épinette de Sitka (fr) f
German: Sitka-Fichte f
Halkomelem: ts'qw'élhp
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sitkagran

Nynorsk: sitkagran f
Russian: ель си́тхинская f (jelʹ sítxinskaja), си́ткинская ель (sítkinskaja jelʹ)
Welsh: sbriws Sitca f pl

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