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Meanings of conifer (conifers) in English

Portuguese
conífera
Catalan
conífera
Spanish
conífera

Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones.

conífera
Usage of conifers in English
1
This study provides fundamental data to understand transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in conifers.
Pubmed
2
We look across its tranquil waters to geese sheltering under distant conifers.
The Guardian
3
The dense undergrowth disappeared, the oaks became conifers, and the land rocky.
The Irda (Children of the Stars)
4
Wilding pines or conifers take root almost anywhere, spread by windblown seeds.
Radio NZ
5
Scattered conifers appeared, and woods sometimes overshadowed the road for many furlongs.
A Time of Gifts
6
He did so when they were approaching a group of giant conifers.
Vane of the Timberlands
7
No conifers here, but many palms and fern-trees, and new, strange growths.
Darkness and Dawn
8
In the woods there are huge redwood trees and other exotic conifers.
The Guardian
9
Plants are slow to grow here, so when conifers come, they win.
Radio NZ
10
Holland sent to San Francisco ten carloads of rhododendrons, conifers, and bulbs.
The Jewel City
11
The cycads, and even the conifers, shrink before the higher type of tree.
The Story of Evolution
12
The stone walls that once separated open fields now thread between 100-foot conifers.
The world without us
13
Many of the few conifers species that do survive are super-abundant.
BBC
14
No other of our alpine conifers so finely veils its strength.
The Mountains of California
15
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Self-seeded conifers in the middle of the Kinder Scout plateau.
The Guardian
16
Dense plantations of non-native conifers are not ideal habitats for our native wildlife.
The Guardian
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Spanish
conífera
Conifers through the time
Conifers across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common