adj
Meaning 1
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coniferous
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cone-bearing
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Georgian: გირჩოვანი (girčovani) — bearing cones
- Georgian: გირჩებიანი (girčebiani) — bearing cones
- German: zapfentragend — bearing cones
- Latin: cōnifer — bearing cones
- Māori: whai koroī — bearing cones
- Polish: szyszkowy — bearing cones
- Russian: шишконо́сный (šiškonósnyj) — bearing cones
- Armenian: փշատերեւ (pʻšaterew) — of a conifer
- Czech: jehličnatý — of a conifer
- Georgian: წიწვიანი (c̣ic̣viani) — of a conifer
- Georgian: წიწვოვანი (c̣ic̣vovani) — of a conifer
- German: Nadelholz- — of a conifer
- German: Nadel- — of a conifer
- Polish: iglasty — of a conifer
- Russian: хво́йный (xvójnyj) — of a conifer
- Ukrainian: хво́йний (xvójnyj) — of a conifer
- Ukrainian: шпилькови́й (špylʹkovýj) — of a conifer
Real reading context