conifer

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C0571400 (kŏn′ə-fər, kō′nə-)n. Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs of the order Coniferales, such as pines, spruces, and firs.

[Latin cōnifer, cone-bearing : cōnus, cone (from Greek kōnos; see kō- in Indo-European roots) + -fer, -fer.]

co·nif′er·ous (kō-nĭf′ər-əs, kə-) adj.

conifer

(ˈkəʊnɪfə; ˈkɒn-) n (Plants) any gymnosperm tree or shrub of the phylum Coniferophyta, typically bearing cones and evergreen leaves. The group includes the pines, spruces, firs, larches, yews, junipers, cedars, cypresses, and sequoias[C19: from Latin, from cōnus cone + ferre to bear]

co•ni•fer

(ˈkoʊ nə fər, ˈkɒn ə-)

n. any of a class, Pinopsida, of chiefly evergreen trees and shrubs, as those of the pine and cypress families, that bear both seeds and pollen on dry scales arranged as a cone. [1350–1400; Middle English conefere < Latin cōnifer coniferous =cōn(us) cone + -i- + -fer -fer] co•nif•er•ous (koʊˈnɪf ər əs, kə-) adj.

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(kŏn′ə-fər) Any of various trees or shrubs that bear cones. Conifers are dependent on the wind to blow pollen produced by the male cones to the female cones, where seeds develop. Conifers are usually evergreen, often have needle-shaped or scale-like leaves, and include the pine, fir, spruce, hemlock, and yew. See Note at pollination.

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Noun

conifer - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing conesconiferous treepine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous treelarch tree, larch - any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leavesgolden larch, Pseudolarix amabilis - Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leavesfir tree, true fir, fir - any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areastrue cedar, cedar tree, cedar - any cedar of the genus Cedrusspruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Piceahemlock tree, hemlock - an evergreen treedouglas fir - tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needlesCathaya - Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewherecedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedarscypress tree, cypress - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded conesAthrotaxis selaginoides, King William pine - evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inwarddawn redwood, metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides - large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in Chinaarborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsisketeleeria - Asiatic conifers resembling firsWollemi pine - newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assignedaraucaria - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seedsdammar pine, kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resinplum-yew - any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentalscelery pine - Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leavespodocarp - any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seedPodocarpus coriaceus, yacca, yacca podocarp - West Indian evergreen with medium to long leavesbrown pine, Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp - large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposureAfrican yellowwood, cape yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus - South African tree or shrub having a rounded crownPodocarpus totara, totara - valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharvesDacrycarpus dacrydioides, kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides - New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked woodDacrydium cupressinum, imou pine, red pine, rimu - tall New Zealand timber treeDacrydium colensoi, tarwood, tar-wood - New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudescommon sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme - small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and MalaysiaFalcatifolium taxoides, yellow-leaf sickle pine - a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yewDacrydium bidwilli, Halocarpus bidwilli, New Zealand mountain pine, tarwood, tar-wood - New Zealand shrubLagarostrobus colensoi, silver pine, westland pine - timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white woodDacrydium franklinii, huon pine, Lagarostrobus franklinii - Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus DacrydiumNageia nagi, nagi - medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japanmiro, Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea, black pine - New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

Translations

针叶树

conifer

(ˈkonifə) , ((American) ˈka-) noun a cone-bearing tree, eg the fir. The larch tree is a conifer.针叶树coˈniferous adjective cone-bearing. 针叶树的

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(kŏn`ĭfûr) [Lat.,=cone-bearing], tree or shrub of the order Coniferales, e.g., the pinepine,
common name for members of the Pinaceae, a family of resinous woody trees with needlelike, usually evergreen leaves. The Pinaceae reproduce by means of cones (see cone) rather than flowers and many have winged seeds, suitable for wind distribution.
..... Click the link for more information. , monkey-puzzle treemonkey-puzzle tree,
evergreen tree (Araucaria araucana) native to Chile and widely cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. The symmetrical branches have an unusual angularity and are completely covered by the stiff, overlapping leaves.
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common name for members of the Cupressaceae, a widely distributed family of coniferous shrubs and trees, several yielding valuable timber. The major genera are Juniperus (juniper), Thuja (arborvitae), and Cupressus (the true cypresses).
..... Click the link for more information. , and sequoiasequoia
, name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species.
..... Click the link for more information. . Most conifers bear conescone
or strobilus
, in botany, reproductive organ of the gymnosperms (the conifers, cycads, and ginkgoes). Like the flower in the angiosperms (flowering plants), the cone is actually a highly modified branch; unlike the flower, it does not have sepals or petals.
..... Click the link for more information. and most are evergreens, though a few, such as the larchlarch,
any tree of the genus Larix, conifers of the family Pinaceae (pine family), which are unusual in that they are not evergreen. The various species are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere.
..... Click the link for more information. , are deciduous. Conifers are widely distributed over the world but are mostly found in the highlands of temperate regions. The conifers, the ginkgoesginkgo
or maidenhair tree,
tall, slender, picturesque deciduous tree (Ginkgo biloba) with fan-shaped leaves. The ginkgo is native to E China, where it was revered by Buddhist monks and planted near temples.
..... Click the link for more information. , and the cycadscycad
, any plant of the order Cycadales, tropical and subtropical palmlike evergreens. The cycads, ginkgoes, and conifers comprise the three major orders of gymnosperms, or cone-bearing plants (see cone and plant). The cycads first appeared in the Permian period.
..... Click the link for more information. comprise the three most important groups of gymnosperms, i.e., plants without true flowers. Conifers are classified in the division PinophytaPinophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called gymnosperms. The gymnosperms, a group that includes the pine, have stems, roots and leaves, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Pinopsida.

conifer

A tree belonging to the botanical group which bears cones; it includes all the softwoods used in building, particularly the pines and firs. See also: Wood

conifer

[′kän·ə·fər] (botany) The common name for plants of the order Pinales.

conifer

A cone-bearing tree or shrub of the gymnospermous order; a softwood which includes cypress, firs, pines, and spruce.

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any gymnosperm tree or shrub of the phylum Coniferophyta, typically bearing cones and evergreen leaves. The group includes the pines, spruces, firs, larches, yews, junipers, cedars, cypresses, and sequoias

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noun any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

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