Definitions
of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves
Word origin
From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings.
Used in a sentence
“During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.”
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01“Pine-like”10 letters
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