coniferous

Bearing seed cones

Coniferous describes trees and shrubs that bear cones and typically have needle-like or scale-like leaves: coniferous forests, coniferous species like pine and spruce.

Most conifers are evergreen, keeping their foliage year-round.

The word applies both to individual plants and to the forests or regions they dominate: the coniferous belt of northern Canada.

trees

pine

Cone-bearing evergreen

  • spruceNeat; also a conifer
  • firCone-bearing evergreen genus
  • cedarDurable, fragrant conifer

juniper · hemlock · yew · cypress · sequoia · redwood · larch · arborvitae · tamarack · kauri

forest

taiga

Subarctic evergreen biome

canopy · understory · biome · ecosystem · habitat · old-growth · plantation · silviculture · treeline · montane

aromatic

resinous

Containing plant sap

woody · juniper · fresh · crisp · turpentine · camphor · fragrant · sap · pitch · essential oil

botany

gymnosperm

Exposed-seed plant

resinous · perennial · woody · drought-resistant · cold-hardy · softwood · chlorophyll · photosynthesis · transpiration · adaptation

products

lumber

Sawn wood for building

plywood · resin · turpentine · rosin · tar · pitch · Christmas tree · wreath · mulch · firewood

Categories
Opposites
leaf retention and type

coniferousdeciduous

Sheds foliage seasonally

broadleaf · broad-leaved · hardwood · leafy

reproductive structure

coniferousflowering

Producing reproductive structures

angiosperm · broadleaf · fruit-bearing · hardwood

Phrases
Family

cone, conifer, conifers

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