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- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thekingdom Plantae — theconifers .
Etymologies
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A supplement to the international census of the Coniferae, II.
Grand fir 2009
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The oldest group of plants with which we are well acquainted is that of whose remains coal is constituted; and as far as they can be identified, the carboniferous plants are ferns, or club-mosses, or Coniferae, in many cases generically identical with those now living!
Essays 2007
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Coming almost direct from the tropics, one is dissatisfied with the uniformity of the foliage; indeed, foliage can hardly be written of, as the trees properly so called at this height are exclusively Coniferae, and bear needles instead of leaves.
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Grieve shows "hackmatack" as a synonym for yet another tree, the "yellow cedar", listed under Thuja occidentalis (Linn.), of the (now-outdated) Natural Order Coniferae.
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Coniferae, or cone-producing, family; but it is not an evergreen, although it ranks as such.
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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The Coniferae were chiefly represented in the middle periods by the Cycadae, that peculiar group of Coniferae, resembling Pines in their structure, but recalling the Ferns by their external appearance.
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No Coniferae exist, although the elevation is more than sufficient to determine their appearance.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The mode of growth of the Coniferae recalls a feature of the
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Regarding the Coniferae, Pinus excelsa is the rarest, Deodar is the most common; longifolia occurs principally on a southern projection from
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Coniferae, by not having their fruit in a true cone, but in a roundish head which consists of a small number of scales, sometimes forming a sort of berry.
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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