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Webster 1913 Edition


Coniferous

Co-nif′er-ous

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Adj.
(a)
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
(b)
Pertaining to the order
Coniferae
, of which the pine tree is the type.

Webster 1828 Edition


Coniferous

CONIFEROUS

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Adj.
[L., to bear.] Bearing cones; producing hard, dry, scaly seed-vessels of a conical figure, as the pine, fir, cypress and beech.