conifer
noun /ˈkɒnɪfə(r)/
/ˈkɑːnɪfər/
- any tree that produces hard dry fruit called cones. Most conifers are evergreen (= have leaves that stay on the tree all year).Topics Plants and treesc2
enlarge imageOxford Collocations DictionaryConifer is used before these nouns:- needle
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘cone-bearing’, from conus from Greek kōnos.
