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/ˈkänəfər/,/kō-/,
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conifers, plural;
  1. A tree that bears cones and evergreen needlelike or scalelike leaves. Conifers are of major importance as the source of softwood, and also supply resins and turpentine

  1. (conifer) any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
  2. (coniferous) of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
  3. The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferophyta or Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. Pinophytes are gymnosperms. ...
  4. (conifer) A plant belonging to the conifers; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree
  5. (coniferous) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress; Of, or pertaining to, a conifer
  6. (conifer) any tree that produces seeds in cones. See softwood.
  7. (conifer) A gymnospenn whose reproductive structure is the cone. Conifers include pines, firs, and redwoods.
  8. (Conifer) Any of an order of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs, including those with true cones, such as pines, and with arillate fruit, such as yews.
  9. (Conifer) Tree, usually evergreen, with cones and needle-shaped or scale like leaves, producing wood known commercially as softwood.
  10. (Conifer) A tree that produces cones as fruits, usually evergreens with needles, such as pines and spruce.
  11. (conifer) A plant that produces its seed in a cone. Not all conifers are evergreen (larch and bald cypress are conifers but are not evergreen)
  12. (CONIFER) Cone-bearing trees and shrubs. This includes evergreens, pines, and firs.
  13. (Conifer) trees that have cones, and needle or scale-like leaves.
  14. (Conifer) A type of tree that’s characterized by needle-like or scale-like foliage, usually evergreen.
  15. (Conifer) A tree or shrub, usually evergreen which bears its seeds in cones.
  16. (CONIFER) Type of tree with thin, shiny needle-like leaves.  Most are cone-bearing but exceptions include yew and juniper.
  17. (Conifer) A class of trees that are evergreen, have needle or scalelike foliage and conelike fruit; often called softwood. Examples include pine, hemlock, cedar and cypress.
  18. (Conifer) An evergreen, generally green, sometimes cone shaped. Generally in a northern region.
  19. (Conifer) Evergreen tree g., pine, spruce, fir, etc.
  20. (Conifer) Member of a group of trees commonly called softwoods or gymnosperms. The word gymnosperm, from the Greek gymnos (naked) and sperma (seed), means "naked-seeded." This refers to the fact that conifer seeds are not contained in fruit tissue. ...
  21. (Conifer) Strictly, a cone-bearing tree, but used also to include yew and Ginkgo biloba.
  22. (Conifer) Technically, any cone-bearing plant. These include (but are not limited to) mostly evergreen plants with needle-, scale-, or awl-shaped leaves like Pine, Hemlock and Juniper. Other popular conifers are Cryptomeria and Leyland Cypress. ...
  23. (Conifer) The largest and most widely distributed order of gymnosperms, containing about 49 genera with approximately 570 species most of which are evergreen trees. Conifers are particularly abundant in the high latitudes of the northern hemisphere where they form the climax vegetation. ...
  24. (Conifer) Tree on which the seeds are borne in a cone.
  25. (Conifer) Tree or shrub (Order Coniferales) that is mostly evergreen and bears cones (deciduous larches and non-cone bearing yews are exceptions).