English > conifer: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones. |
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| Synonym | coniferous tree |
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| Parts | cone, strobilus, strobile | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts |
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| Narrower | Cathaya | Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955 |
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| Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata | tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs |
| King William pine, Athrotaxis selaginoides | evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward |
| Prince Albert yew, Prince Albert's yew, Saxe-gothea conspicua | small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental |
| Sundacarpus amara, Prumnopitys amara, Podocarpus amara | A large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves |
| Wollemi pine | newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct |
| araucaria | Any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds |
| arborvitae | Any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera ... / genera Thuja and Thujopsis |
| brown pine, Rockingham podocarp, Podocarpus elatus | large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure |
| cape yellowwood, African yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus | South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown |
| cedar, cedar tree, true cedar | Any cedar of the genus Cedrus |
| cedar, cedar tree | Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars |
| celery pine | Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves |
| common sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme | small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia |
| cypress, cypress tree | Any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones |
| douglas fir | tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles |
| fir, fir tree, true fir | Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies |
| golden larch, Pseudolarix amabilis | Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves |
| hemlock, hemlock tree | An evergreen tree |
| huon pine, Lagarostrobus franklinii, Dacrydium franklinii | Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building |
| kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Podocarpus dacrydioides | New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood |
| kauri pine, dammar pine | Any of various trees of the genus Agathis |
| keteleeria | Asiatic conifers resembling firs |
| larch, larch tree | Any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves |
| matai, black pine, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata | conifer of Australia and New Zealand |
| metasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides | large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones |
| miro, black pine, Prumnopitys ferruginea, Podocarpus ferruginea | New Zealand conifer used for lumber |
| nagi, Nageia nagi | medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves |
| pine, pine tree, true pine | A coniferous tree |
| plum-fruited yew, Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans | South American evergreen tree or shrub |
| plum-yew | Any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope |
| podocarp | Any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed |
| rimu, imou pine, red pine, Dacrydium cupressinum | tall New Zealand timber tree |
| spruce | Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea |
| tarwood, tar-wood, New Zealand mountain pine, Halocarpus bidwilli, Dacrydium bidwilli | New Zealand shrub |
| tarwood, tar-wood, Dacrydium colensoi | New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches |
| totara, Podocarpus totara | Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves |
| westland pine, silver pine, Lagarostrobus colensoi | Timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood |
| yacca, yacca podocarp, Podocarpus coriaceus | West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves |
| yellow-leaf sickle pine, Falcatifolium taxoides | A rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves |
| yew | Any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves |
| Broader | gymnospermous tree | Any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta |
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| Spanish | árbol conífero, conífera, conífero |
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| Catalan | arbre conífer, conífera, conífer |
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| Adjectives | coniferous | of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves |
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