coniferous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɪfəɹəs/

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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
• 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) m
• Russian: хво́йный (ru) (xvójnyj)
• Ukrainian: хво́йний (xvójnyj), шпилькови́й (špylʹkovýj)