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conifer

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N AH0 F ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

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5

noun

Meaning 5

any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coniferous tree

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gymnospermous tree

Narrower terms: pine, pine tree, true pine, larch, larch tree, golden larch, Pseudolarix amabilis, fir, fir tree, true fir, cedar, cedar tree, true cedar, spruce, hemlock, hemlock tree, douglas fir, Cathaya, cypress, cypress tree, King William pine, Athrotaxis selaginoides, metasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides, arborvitae, keteleeria, Wollemi pine, araucaria, kauri pine, dammar pine, plum-yew, celery pine, podocarp, yacca, yacca podocarp, Podocarpus coriaceus, brown pine, Rockingham podocarp, Podocarpus elatus, cape yellowwood, African yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus, totara, Podocarpus totara, kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Podocarpus dacrydioides, rimu, imou pine, red pine, Dacrydium cupressinum, tarwood, tar-wood, Dacrydium colensoi, common sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme, yellow-leaf sickle pine, Falcatifolium taxoides, New Zealand mountain pine, Halocarpus bidwilli, Dacrydium bidwilli, westland pine, silver pine, Lagarostrobus colensoi, huon pine, Lagarostrobus franklinii, Dacrydium franklinii, nagi, Nageia nagi, miro, black pine, Prumnopitys ferruginea, Podocarpus ferruginea, matai, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata, plum-fruited yew, Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans, Prince Albert yew, Prince Albert's yew, Saxe-gothea conspicua, Sundacarpus amara, Prumnopitys amara, Podocarpus amara, Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata, yew

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: փշատերեւ ծառ (pʻšaterew caṙ) — plant
  • Catalan: conífera — plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 針葉樹 /针叶树 (zhēnyèshù) — plant
  • Cornish: saben — plant
  • Czech: jehličnan — plant
  • Danish: nåletræ — plant
  • Dutch: conifeer — plant
  • Dutch: naaldboom — plant
  • Esperanto: pinofito — plant
  • Esperanto: konifero — plant
  • Faroese: nálatræ — plant
  • Finnish: havupuu — plant
  • French: conifère — plant
  • Georgian: წიწვოვანი (c̣ic̣vovani) — plant
  • Georgian: წიწვოვანი ხე (c̣ic̣vovani xe) — plant
  • German: Nadelbaum — plant
  • German: Konifere — plant
  • Greek: κωνοφόρο (konofóro) — plant
  • Greenlandic: orpik meqqutaasalik — plant
  • Hungarian: toboztermő — plant
  • Icelandic: barrtré — plant
  • Indonesian: konifera — plant
  • Ingrian: havupuu — plant
  • Italian: conifera — plant
  • Japanese: 針葉樹 (shin'yōju) — plant
  • Korean: 침엽수 (chimyeopsu) — plant
  • Macedonian: четинар (četinar) — plant
  • Malay: konifer — plant
  • Māori: rākau koroī — plant
  • Mongolian: шилмүүст мод (šilmüüst mod) — plant
  • Norwegian: bartre — plant
  • Polish: drzewo iglaste — plant
  • Polish: choinka — plant
  • Portuguese: conífera — plant
  • Romanian: conifer — plant
  • Romanian: conifere — plant
  • Russian: хво́йное де́рево (xvójnoje dérevo) — plant
  • Slovak: ihličnan — plant
  • Upper Sorbian: jehlinowc — plant
  • Upper Sorbian: jehlinowy štom — plant
  • Spanish: conífera — plant
  • Swedish: barrträd — plant
  • Ukrainian: хво́йне де́рево (xvójne dérevo) — plant
  • Welsh: conwydd — plant
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