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con·i·fer
(kŏn′ə-fər, kō′nə-)n.
Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs of the order Coniferales, such as pines, spruces, and firs.
[Latin cōnifer, cone-bearing : cōnus, cone (from Greek kōnos; see kō- in Indo-European roots) + -fer, -fer.]
co·nif′er·ous (kō-nĭf′ər-əs, kə-) adj.
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conifer
(ˈkəʊnɪfə; ˈkɒn-)n
(Plants) any gymnosperm tree or shrub of the phylum Coniferophyta, typically bearing cones and evergreen leaves. The group includes the pines, spruces, firs, larches, yews, junipers, cedars, cypresses, and sequoias
[C19: from Latin, from cōnus cone + ferre to bear]
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co•ni•fer
(ˈkoʊ nə fər, ˈkɒn ə-)n.
any of a class, Pinopsida, of chiefly evergreen trees and shrubs, as those of the pine and cypress families, that bear both seeds and pollen on dry scales arranged as a cone.
co•nif•er•ous (koʊˈnɪf ər əs, kə-) adj.
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con·i·fer
(kŏn′ə-fər) Any of various trees or shrubs that bear cones. Conifers are dependent on the wind to blow pollen produced by the male cones to the female cones, where seeds develop. Conifers are usually evergreen, often have needle-shaped or scale-like leaves, and include the pine, fir, spruce, hemlock, and yew. See Note at pollination.
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| Noun | 1. |  conifer - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing coneslarch tree, larch - any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves golden larch, Pseudolarix amabilis - Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves fir tree, true fir, fir - any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea hemlock tree, hemlock - an evergreen tree douglas fir - tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles Cathaya - Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars cypress tree, cypress - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones Athrotaxis selaginoides, King William pine - evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward dawn redwood, metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides - large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China arborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis keteleeria - Asiatic conifers resembling firs Wollemi pine - newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned araucaria - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds dammar pine, kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin plum-yew - any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals celery pine - Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves podocarp - any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed brown pine, Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp - large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure African yellowwood, cape yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus - South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown Podocarpus totara, totara - valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides - New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood Dacrydium colensoi, tarwood, tar-wood - New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes common sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme - small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia Falcatifolium taxoides, yellow-leaf sickle pine - a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew Dacrydium bidwilli, Halocarpus bidwilli, New Zealand mountain pine, tarwood, tar-wood - New Zealand shrub Lagarostrobus colensoi, silver pine, westland pine - timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood Dacrydium franklinii, huon pine, Lagarostrobus franklinii - Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium Nageia nagi, nagi - medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan miro, Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea, black pine - New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry |
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Translations
شَجَرَه تَحْمِلُ ثمارا مَخْروطِيَّهصَنَوْبَرِيَّة
jehličnanjehličnatý strom/keř
nåletræ
havupuu
crnogorica
tûlevelû
barrtré
針葉樹
구과 식물
spygliuotis
skuju koks
konifera
barrträd
ต้นสน
kozalakkozalaklı ağaç
cây lá kim
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conifer
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conifer
(ˈkonifə) , ((American) ˈka-) noun a cone-bearing tree, eg the fir. The larch tree is a conifer.
coˈniferous adjective cone-bearing.
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conifer
→ صَنَوْبَرِيَّة jehličnan nåletræ Nadelbaum κωνοφόρο conífera havupuu conifère crnogorica conifera 針葉樹 구과 식물 naaldboom bartre drzewo iglaste conífera хвойное дерево barrträd ต้นสน kozalak cây lá kim 针叶树Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009