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Conifer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

Coniferin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

Coniferous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bearing cones; producing hard, dry, scaly seed-vessels of a conical figure, as the pine, fir, cypress and beech.

Coniferous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.

2. Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.