Coniferous
/kəˈnɪfəɹəs/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The larch is a coniferous tree, growing in the mountains, that sheds its needles in the winter."
Etymology
From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings.