n.
Pronunciation: ' kä-n ə -f ə r also ' k ō -
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
– co · nif · er · ous \ k ō - ' ni-f( ə -)r ə s, k ə - \ adjective