coniferousadj.
/kəʊˈnɪfərəs/ Botany.
Bearing cones; belonging to the botanical order Coniferæ (see conifer n.); pertaining to or consisting of conifers.
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coniferous1664
firry1842
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxi. (R.) Resinacious and coniferous trees.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 64 The Cedar of Libanus is a coniferous Tree, bearing Cones or Cloggs.
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands II. 71 To nestle high in the coniferous trees.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 515 These relations..appear most clearly and simply in the Coniferous woods.
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