| spruce | (adjective) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners | Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy |
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| (noun) any coniferous tree of the genus Picea | - |
| (noun) light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork | - |
| (verb) dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion | Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spruce up |
| (verb) make neat, smart, or trim | Synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, titivate, tittivate |
| sprucely | (adverb) in a fashionable manner | Synonyms: modishly, smartly |
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| spruceness | (noun) the state of being neat and smart and trim | Synonyms: neatness |
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| sprue | (noun) a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation | Synonyms: psilosis, tropical sprue |
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