coniferous
adjective
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Pronunciation: /kəˈnɪfəɹəs/
adj
Etymology: From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings.
- Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
- Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
“During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.”