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Conifer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of various mostly needle-leaved or scale-leaved, chiefly evergreen, cone-bearing gymnospermous trees or shrubs such as pines, spruces, and firs.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A plant belonging to the conifers; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In botany, a plant producing cones; one of the Coniferæ.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

Word Usage

"Originally classified as a conifer, scientists later argued that it was instead a lichen, various types of algae or a fungus."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

gymnospermous tree

Hyponym

keteleeria rockingham podocarp larch tree rimu podocarpus ferruginea

Form

coniferous

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