spruce

(noun) light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork.

(noun) any coniferous tree of the genus Picea.

(verb) make neat, smart, or trim. Synonyms: spruce up, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up. Examples: "Spruce up your house for spring." "Titivate the child."

(verb) dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion. Synonyms: spruce up, slick up, smarten up. Example: "He spruced up for the party."

(adj) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners. Synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy. Examples: "A dapper young man." "A jaunty red hat."