conifer
A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
Kinds of conifer
- pine
- larch
- golden larch
- fir
- spruce
- hemlock
- cypress
- dawn redwood
Related words
- coniferin
- coniferization
- coniferophagous
- coniferophyte
- conifered
- coniferous
Word history
From Latin "cōnifer" (bearing cones).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “conifer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.