CONIFER


Meaning of CONIFER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkä-nə-fər also ]

ˈkō- 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 kō-ˈni-f(ə-)rəs, kə- adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.