conifer

co•ni•fer n. [countable]

Plant Biologya class of chiefly evergreen trees and shrubs, such as the pine and cypress, that have seeds on dry scales arranged as a cone.

See -fer-.

co•ni•fer n.

Plant Biologyany of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
Plant Biologya plant producing naked seeds in cones, or single naked seeds as in yews, but with pollen always borne in cones.

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conifer /ˈkəʊnɪfə; ˈkɒn-/ n

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

Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin, from cōnus cone + ferre to bear

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