From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishconiferco‧ni‧fer /ˈkəʊnəfə, ˈkɒ- $ ˈkɑːnəfər/ noun [countable] HBPa tree such as a pine or fir that has leaves like needles and produces brown cones that contain seeds. Most types of conifer keep their leaves in winter. —coniferous /kəˈnɪfərəs $ koʊ-, kə-/ adjective coniferous forests
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conifer• It's classed as being a conifer but it looks nothing like one.• Voice over Imaculate conifers dominate this garden.• If the conifers win out, then they shade the ground permanently and only mosses can remain.• I often see foxes, roe deer and red squirrels in the conifer plantation there.• It was just after eleven when I made the conifer where I'd split from Werewolf.• Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard.• We trailed off into the canyons, and pitched tents under the conifers.• These were the conifers - pines, larches, cedars, firs and their relations.Origin conifer (1800-1900) Latin “carrying a cone”, from conus; → CONE 