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coniferous

/kəˈnɪfəɹəs/

coniferous adjective: bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.

Adjective

coniferous (comparative more coniferous, superlative most coniferous)

  1. Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
    • During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.2004, Richard John Huggett, Fundamentals of Biogeography, page 319

coniferous meaning in Tamil and Bengali

coniferous in Tamil

கூம்புள்ள, ஊசியிலையுள்ள

coniferous in Bengali

শঙ্কু, ফল বহনকারী, শঙ্কু আকৃতির গাছ সংক্রান্ত

Forms of coniferous

comparativemore coniferous
superlativemost coniferous

Origin of coniferous

From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings.

Words formed from coniferous

Questions about coniferous

What does coniferous mean?
Coniferous means bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
What is coniferous in Tamil?
Coniferous in Tamil is கூம்புள்ள, ஊசியிலையுள்ள. See Coniferous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coniferous?
Coniferous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce coniferous?
Coniferous is pronounced /kəˈnɪfəɹəs/.

Words near coniferous in the dictionary

  1. coniferization
  2. coniferol
  3. coniferophagous
  4. coniferophyte
  5. coniferophytes
  6. coniferous
  7. coniferously
  8. conifers
  9. coniferyl
  10. coniferyl alcohol
  11. coniferyl aldehyde

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coniferous (page history and authors); coniferous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coniferous (Bengali 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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