coniferous

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Coniferous

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɪfəɹəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

coniferous (comparative more coniferous, superlative most coniferous)

1. Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
2. Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
   • 2004, Richard John Huggett, Fundamentals of Biogeography, page 319:

     During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.

Derived terms

• nonconiferous

Translations

bearing cones

Georgian: გირჩოვანი (girčovani), გირჩებიანი (girčebiani) German: zapfentragend (de) Latin: cōnifer Maori: whai koroī Polish: szyszkowy Russian: шишконо́сный (ru) (šiškonósnyj)

of a conifer

Armenian: փշատերեւ (hy) (pʻšaterew) Czech: jehličnatý (cs) Georgian: წიწვიანი (c̣ic̣viani), წიწვოვანი (c̣ic̣vovani) German: Nadelholz-, Nadel- Polish: iglasty (pl) Russian: хво́йный (ru) (xvójnyj) Ukrainian: хво́йний (xvójnyj), шпилькови́й (špylʹkovýj)