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Conifer

/KON-ih-fer/
🌳 Plant Types Basic

Also known as: cone-bearing tree

A member of the order Coniferales, characterized by bearing seeds in cones and typically having narrow, needle-like or scale-like evergreen leaves. Includes pines, spruces, firs, cedars, and junipers.

Etymology

From Latin conifer, meaning "cone-bearing," from conus (cone) + ferre (to bear).

Example

The towering Douglas fir is a conifer native to western North America.

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