Conifer Definition

kŏnə-fər, kōnə-
conifers
noun
conifers
Any of a class (Pinatae) of cone-bearing, gymnospermous trees and shrubs, mostly evergreens, including the pine, spruce, fir, cedar, yew, and cypress.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • coniferous tree

Other Word Forms of Conifer

Noun

Singular:
conifer
Plural:
conifers

Origin of Conifer

  • Latin cōnifer cone-bearing cōnus cone (from Greek kōnos kō- in Indo-European roots) -fer -fer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin conifer (bearing cones), compound of conus (cone) and ferre (to bear)

    From Wiktionary

Conifer Sentence Examples

  • A mixed forest of deciduous and conifer trees formed a dense covering of mottled greens.

  • No conifer grows in Denmark except under careful cultivation, which, however, is largely practised in Jutland.

  • Broadly conical conifer with dark green leaves which are silver underneath.

  • The large medullary rays give to the wood a characteristic parenchymatous or lax appearance, which is in marked contrast to the more compact wood of a conifer.

  • The first species of the genus, Nematophycus Logani, was discovered by Dawson in 1856 in the Lower and Middle Devonian of Canada, and was described by him as a Conifer under the name of Prototaxites.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

RERFER

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Words Starting With C and Ending With R

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