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Meanings of coniferous in English

Of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves.

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The odor of cone-bearing trees has a well-known influence upon the fruitfulness of wedlock.
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
2
The cone-bearing trees give off pitch to cover such wounds.
The School Book of Forestry
3
The northern trees are softwood dwarfs, needle-leaved, flowerless, and cone-bearing.
The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America
4
Farther south, the cone-bearing species prevail.
The School Book of Forestry
Usage of coniferous in English
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This was the Eocene, when today's lichen-covered tundra was a coniferous forest.
The world without us
2
Leave the car park and follow the forestry track into the coniferous wood.
The Irish Times
3
The nests are usually built in evergreens, which are cone-bearing or coniferous trees.
Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne...
4
Lines of coniferous trees, defiant and snow-dusted, surround its ice lakes.
Death by Video Game
5
Syncopate and curtail a fabled spirit, and leave a coniferous tree.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878
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He seems himself a kind of coniferous fruit,-bothfruit and flower.
The Mountains of California
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It also maintains that coniferous afforestation has damaged scenic areas and the natural environment.
The Irish Times
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The number of excellent coniferous evergreens now offered in the American trade is large.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
9
Fires also run along the tops of the coniferous trees high above the ground.
The School Book of Forestry
10
The Ginkgo belongs by descent to the coniferous tree group.
Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at t...
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But he was not in a coniferous forest like the ones near his home.
The Valley of Horses
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Sparrow hawks live in coniferous woods and feed on small mammals, insects, and birds.
High performance mysql, 2nd edition
13
This is the genuine article, and it's certainly the product of a coniferous tree.
The Intriguers
14
Mr. Lake: Are there any coniferous trees in that forest?
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t...
15
Signs of pitch on the bark of coniferous trees are the first symptoms of infection.
The School Book of Forestry
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Part of the land is planted with coniferous trees, while the remainder is in pasture.
The Irish Times
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