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conifer
(kɒnɪfəʳ)
Word forms: plural conifers
countable noun
Conifers are a group of trees and shrubs, for example pine trees and fir trees, that grow in cooler areas of the world. They have fruit called cones, and very thin leaves called needles which they do not normally lose in winter.
conifer in British English
(ˈkəʊnɪfə, ˈkɒn-)
noun
any gymnosperm tree or shrub of the phylum Coniferophyta, typically bearing cones and evergreen leaves. The group includes the pines, spruces, firs, larches, yews, junipers, cedars, cypresses, and sequoias
Word origin
C19: from Latin, from cōnus cone + ferre to bearconifer in American English
(ˈkɑnəfər; ˈkoʊnəfər)
noun
any of a class (Pinatae) of cone-bearing, gymnospermous trees and shrubs, mostly evergreens, including the pine, spruce, fir, cedar, yew, and cypress
Word origin
L, cone-bearing: see cone & -ferImage ofconifer
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British English: conifer /ˈkəʊnɪfə; ˈkɒn-/ NOUN
Conifers are a group of trees and shrubs, for example pine trees and fir trees, that grow in cooler areas of the world. They have fruit called cones, and very thin leaves called needles which they do not normally lose in winter.
- American English: conifer
- Arabic: صَنَوْبَرِيَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: conífera
- Chinese: 针叶树
- Croatian: crnogorica
- Czech: jehličnan
- Danish: nåletræ
- Dutch: naaldboom
- European Spanish: conífera
- Finnish: havupuu
- French: conifère
- German: Nadelbaum
- Greek: κωνοφόρο
- Italian: conifera
- Japanese: 針葉樹
- Korean: 구과 식물
- Norwegian: bartre
- Polish: drzewo iglaste
- European Portuguese: conífera
- Romanian: conifer
- Russian: хвойное дерево
- Latin American Spanish: conífera
- Swedish: barrträd
- Thai: ต้นสน
- Turkish: kozalak
- Ukrainian: хвойний
- Vietnamese: cây lá kim
Chinese translation of 'conifer'
conifer
(ˈkɔnɪfəʳ)
n (c)
-
针(針)叶(葉)树(樹)
(zhēnyèshù) (棵, kē)