- Main Entry:
- co·ni·fer
- Pronunciation:
-
\ˈkä-nə-fər also ˈkō-\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- ultimately from Latin conifer cone-bearing, from conus cone + -fer
- Date:
- circa 1841
: any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (as pines) with true cones and others (as yews) with an arillate fruit
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co·nif·er·ous
\kō-ˈni-f(ə-)rəs, kə-\
adjective 
