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Conifer  n.  (Bot.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.






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"Conifer" Quotes from Famous Books



... perfect health and vigor. The bark of these trees, seen at a little distance, is of a bright orange brown tint, delicately mottled with darker shades, and with a curious silky or plush-like gloss, which gives them a richness of color far beyond that of any other conifer. The tree which was cut down soon after the first discovery of the species, the stump of which is now covered with a pavilion, is twenty-five feet in diameter at six feet above the ground, but ...
— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various

... (Arkenthos of the ancients), which is widely distributed about the world, grows not uncommonly in England as a stiff evergreen conifer on heathy ground, and bears bluish purple berries. These have a sweet, juicy, and, presently, bitter, brown pulp, containing three seeds, and they do not ripen until the second year. The flowers blossom in May and June. ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie



Words linked to "Conifer" :   silver pine, metasequoia, cedar, Prince Albert's yew, Falcatifolium taxoides, Podocarpus elongatus, cape yellowwood, common sickle pine, douglas fir, strobile, Lagarostrobus franklinii, yacca, Sundacarpus amara, King William pine, hemlock, black pine, matai, Podocarpus dacrydioides, totara, Podocarpus coriaceus, coniferous, araucaria, spruce, Pseudolarix amabilis, Lagarostrobus colensoi, Dacrydium colensoi, westland pine, cone, larch tree, true fir, Halocarpus bidwilli, true pine, gymnospermous tree, nagi, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Falcatifolium falciforme, hemlock tree, true cedar, podocarp, Japanese umbrella pine, cypress tree, African yellowwood, arborvitae, huon pine, Podocarpus elatus, Nageia nagi, Prumnopitys ferruginea, yacca podocarp, New Zealand Dacryberry, Podocarpus amara, Cathaya, coniferous tree, Podocarpus ferruginea, tar-wood, dammar pine, fir, celery pine, fir tree, Sciadopitys verticillata, keteleeria, Dacrydium bidwilli, cedar tree, plum-fruited yew, Saxe-gothea conspicua, cypress, Prumnopitys andina, Rockingham podocarp, Podocarpus totara, red pine, Dacrydium cupressinum, yellow-leaf sickle pine, Prumnopitys amara, Dacrydium franklinii, rimu, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides, tarwood, kauri pine, yew, Wollemi pine, Prumnopitys elegans, pine



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