Picea

See also: picea and pícea

Translingual

Picea abies, a species of spruce (tree)

Etymology

From Latin picea (“pitch pine”), referring to Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), ultimately from pix (“pitch”).

Proper noun

Picea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – the spruces.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Pinaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Picea abies (Norway spruce, European spruce) - type species, Picea engelmannii (Engelmann's spruce), Picea glauca (white spruce), Picea jezoensis (dark-bark spruce), Picea koyamae (Koyama's spruce), Picea mariana (black spruce), Picea pungens (blue spruce), Picea rubens (red spruce), Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) - selected species. For other species see Picea on WikispeciesWikispecies or Picea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Pseudopicea

References

• Picea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Picea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Picea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Picea at USDA Plants database
• Picea at Gymnosperms Database