conifer
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1. any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | gymnospermous tree, |
definition | : | any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | larch, larch tree, |
definition | : | any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | fir, fir tree, true fir, |
definition | : | any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | spruce, |
definition | : | any coniferous tree of the genus Picea (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | douglas fir, |
definition | : | tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cathaya, |
definition | : | Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cedar, cedar tree, |
definition | : | any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cypress, cypress tree, |
definition | : | any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dawn redwood, metasequoia, metasequoia glyptostrodoides, |
definition | : | large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | arborvitae, |
definition | : | any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | keteleeria, |
definition | : | Asiatic conifers resembling firs (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | wollemi pine, |
definition | : | newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | araucaria, |
definition | : | any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dammar pine, kauri pine, |
definition | : | any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | plum-yew, |
definition | : | any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | celery pine, |
definition | : | Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | podocarp, |
definition | : | any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | podocarpus totara, totara, |
definition | : | valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dacrydium colensoi, tar-wood, tarwood, |
definition | : | New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | nageia nagi, nagi, |
definition | : | medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | yew, |
definition | : | any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves (noun.plant) |
part holonym | : | cone, strobile, strobilus, |
definition | : | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts (noun.plant) |
derivation | : | cone-bearing, coniferous, |
definition | : | of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves (adj.all) |
derivation | : | cone-bearing, coniferous, |
definition | : | of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves (adj.all) |
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