From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Gardeningconiferco‧ni‧fer /ˈkəʊnəfə, ˈkɒ- $ ˈkɑːnəfər/ noun [countable]HBPa tree such as a pine or fir that has leaves like needles and produces browncones that contain seeds. Most types of conifer keep their leaves in winter. —coniferous /kəˈnɪfərəs $ koʊ-, kə-/ adjectiveconiferous forestsExamples from the Corpusconifer• It's classed as being a conifer but it looks nothing like one.• Voice over Imaculate conifersdominate this garden.• If the conifers win out, then they shade the ground permanently and only mosses can remain.• I often see foxes, roedeer and red squirrels in the coniferplantation there.• It was just after eleven when I made the conifer where I'd split from Werewolf.• Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timberyard.• We trailed off into the canyons, and pitchedtents under the conifers.• These were the conifers - pines, larches, cedars, firs and their relations.Originconifer(1800-1900)Latin"carrying a cone", from conus; → CONE