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conifer

/ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/

conifer noun: a plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

Noun

conifer (plural conifers)

  1. A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

Proper noun capitalized: Conifer

Conifer

  1. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A surname.
    • In this direction Iron Duke was in the charge of Driver Golding and Fireman Conifer, again accompanied by Inspector Jackson; [...].1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 176

conifer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

conifer in Hindi

a conifer; a pine tree
सनोबर sanobar

conifer in Tamil

கூம்புளி, ஊசியிலைக்குரிய

conifer in Urdu

a conifer; a pine tree
صنوبر sanobar

conifer in Bengali

শঙ্কুধারী গাছ
More languagesFewer languages
conifer in Kannada
ಶಂಕುಮರ, ಶಂಕುವಿನಾಕಾರಾದ ಕಾಯಿ ಬಿಡುವ ಮರ
conifer in Malay
konifer, runjung
conifer in Indonesian
konifera, runjung

Examples of conifer in a sentence

  • The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
  • Acidic cloudwater is believed to cause needle injury and to decrease winter hardiness in conifers.
  • The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly araucarian.

All 19 example sentences with conifer

Forms of conifer

pluralconifers

Plural of conifer: conifers

Origin of conifer

From Latin cōnifer (“bearing cones”), by surface analysis, Latin cōnus (“cone”) + -fer.

Words formed from conifer

Questions about conifer

What does conifer mean?
Conifer means a plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
What is conifer in Hindi?
Conifer in Hindi is सनोबर (sanobar). See Conifer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is conifer?
Conifer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce conifer?
Conifer is pronounced /ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of conifer?
The plural of conifer is conifers.

Words near conifer in the dictionary

  1. conidiospore
  2. conidiospores
  3. conidium
  4. conids
  5. conies
  6. conifer
  7. coniferaldehyde
  8. conifered
  9. coniferin
  10. coniferine
  11. coniferization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conifer (page history and authors); Conifer (page history and authors); सनोबर (Hindi) (page history and authors); conifer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); صنوبر (Urdu) (page history and authors); conifer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); conifer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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