conifer

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  1. noun Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs.

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  • It depicted a scene similar to the one on the canvas in Ong's office—a mountain towering over a conifer-dotted plain—but even I could tell it had been rendered by a more skilled hand. —  dummy2
  • It was too bad, because he found himself liking the conifer-rich landscape. —  THE BLOOD KNIGHT
  • The mixed-conifer forests typical to the Sierra Nevada store about 150 to 200 tons of carbon per acre. —  Sierra Sun - Top Stories
  • Come early evening we're whisked outside the city, where Estonian cuisine is sampled and conifer-strewn icy paths negotiated, before we're shuttled back to the opening of venue doors. —  Drowned In Sound // Feed
  • It can be the place where your eye naturally lands: a special plant such as a contorted dwarf conifer set off by a bit of openness, or a single perfectly chosen ornament. —  The Seattle Times
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  1. From New Latin Cōniferae, family name, from Latin, feminine pl. of cōnifer, cone-bearing : cōnus, cone (from Greek kōnos; see kō- in Indo-European roots) + -fer, -fer.

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  1. = French conifère = Spanish conífero = Portuguese It conifero,. from Latin conifer, cone-bearing, from conus, a cone, + ferre = English bear.
 

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/ˈkoʊnɪfər/
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