(sprs) noun
1. Any of a genus (Picea) of evergreen trees of the pine family, having a sharp–pointed pyramidal crown, needle–shaped leaves, and pendulous cones; especially, the ornamental Norway spruce (P. abies), and the Engelmann spruce (P. engelmanni) of the Pacific coast.
2. The wood of any of these trees.
3. Any of certain other coniferous trees, as the Douglas fir. [Earlier pruce Prussian <Pruce Prussia <Med. L Prussia; so called because first known as a product of Prussia]

(sprs) adjective
1. Having a smart, trim appearance.
2. Fastidious. See synonyms under NEAT¹.
—v. spruced, spruc·ing v.t. To make spruce; dress or arrange neatly: often with up.
—v.i. To make oneself spruce: usually with up. [Special use of SPRUCE³]
—spruce′ly adverb
—spruce′ness noun

(sprs) noun
A kind of superior Prussian leather. Also spruce leather. [See SPRUCE¹]