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conifer - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |
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gymnospermous tree any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta
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pine,
pine tree,
true pine a coniferous tree
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larch,
larch tree any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
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golden larch,
pseudolarix amabilis Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves
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fir,
fir tree,
true fir any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
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cedar,
cedar tree,
true cedar any cedar of the genus Cedrus
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spruce any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
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hemlock,
hemlock tree an evergreen tree
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douglas fir tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
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cathaya Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
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cedar,
cedar tree any cedar of the genus Cedrus
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cypress,
cypress tree any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
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athrotaxis selaginoides,
king william pine evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward
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dawn redwood,
metasequoia,
metasequoia glyptostrodoides large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China
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arborvitae any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
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keteleeria Asiatic conifers resembling firs
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wollemi pine newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
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araucaria any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
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dammar pine,
kauri pine any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
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plum-yew any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals
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celery pine Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves
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podocarp any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed
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podocarpus coriaceus,
yacca,
yacca podocarp West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
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brown pine,
podocarpus elatus,
rockingham podocarp large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
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african yellowwood,
cape yellowwood,
podocarpus elongatus South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
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podocarpus totara,
totara valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves
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dacrycarpus dacrydioides,
kahikatea,
new zealand dacryberry,
new zealand white pine,
podocarpus dacrydioides New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
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dacrydium cupressinum,
imou pine,
red pine,
rimu pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark
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dacrydium colensoi,
tar-wood,
tarwood New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
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common sickle pine,
falcatifolium falciforme small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
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falcatifolium taxoides,
yellow-leaf sickle pine a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew
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dacrydium bidwilli,
halocarpus bidwilli,
new zealand mountain pine,
tar-wood,
tarwood New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
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lagarostrobus colensoi,
silver pine,
westland pine timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood
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dacrydium franklinii,
huon pine,
lagarostrobus franklinii Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium
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nageia nagi,
nagi medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan
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black pine,
miro,
podocarpus ferruginea,
prumnopitys ferruginea large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe
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black pine,
matai,
podocarpus spicata,
prumnopitys taxifolia large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe
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plum-fruited yew,
prumnopitys andina,
prumnopitys elegans South American evergreen tree or shrub
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prince albert's yew,
prince albert yew,
saxe-gothea conspicua small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile
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podocarpus amara,
prumnopitys amara,
sundacarpus amara a large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland
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japanese umbrella pine,
sciadopitys verticillata tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs
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yew any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves
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cone,
strobile,
strobilus any cone-shaped artifact
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