Defenition of the word conifer

• Defenition of the word conifer

  • An order of conebearing plants which includes nearly all the present day Gymnospermae. Most are tall evergreen trees with needle-like (e.g., pines), linear (e.g. firs) or scale-like (e.g., cedars) leaves. They are characteristic of temperate zones and the main forest trees of colder regions. They provide timber, resins, tars, turpentine and pulp for paper. (Source: ALL)
  • any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

Synonyms for the word conifer

• • coniferous tree

Meronymys for the word conifer

• • cone
  • strobile
  • strobilus

Hyponyms for the word conifer

• • African yellowwood
  • araucaria
  • arborvitae
  • Athrotaxis selaginoides
  • black pine
  • brown pine
  • cape yellowwood
  • Cathaya
  • cedar
  • cedar tree
  • celery pine
  • common sickle pine
  • cypress
  • cypress tree
  • Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
  • Dacrydium bidwilli
  • Dacrydium colensoi
  • Dacrydium cupressinum
  • Dacrydium franklinii
  • dammar pine
  • dawn redwood
  • douglas fir
  • Falcatifolium falciforme
  • Falcatifolium taxoides
  • fir
  • fir tree
  • golden larch
  • Halocarpus bidwilli
  • hemlock
  • hemlock tree
  • huon pine
  • imou pine
  • Japanese umbrella pine
  • kahikatea
  • kauri pine
  • keteleeria
  • King William pine
  • Lagarostrobus colensoi
  • Lagarostrobus franklinii
  • larch
  • larch tree
  • matai
  • metasequoia
  • Metasequoia glyptostrodoides
  • miro
  • Nageia nagi
  • nagi
  • New Zealand Dacryberry
  • New Zealand mountain pine
  • New Zealand white pine
  • pine
  • pine tree
  • plum-fruited yew
  • plum-yew
  • podocarp
  • Podocarpus amara
  • Podocarpus coriaceus
  • Podocarpus dacrydioides
  • Podocarpus elatus
  • Podocarpus elongatus
  • Podocarpus ferruginea
  • Podocarpus spicata
  • Podocarpus totara
  • Prince Albert yew
  • Prince Albert's yew
  • Prumnopitys amara
  • Prumnopitys andina
  • Prumnopitys elegans
  • Prumnopitys ferruginea
  • Prumnopitys taxifolia
  • Pseudolarix amabilis
  • red pine
  • rimu
  • Rockingham podocarp
  • Saxe-gothea conspicua
  • Sciadopitys verticillata
  • silver pine
  • spruce
  • Sundacarpus amara
  • tar-wood
  • tarwood
  • totara
  • true cedar
  • true fir
  • true pine
  • westland pine
  • Wollemi pine
  • yacca
  • yacca podocarp
  • yellow-leaf sickle pine
  • yew

Hypernyms for the word conifer

• • gymnospermous tree

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