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coniferous Definition

co·nif·er·ous (kō nifər əs, kə-)

adjective

  1. bearing cones
  2. of conifers

coniferous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • plantation: A coniferous plantation on a long ridge from which there are great views to the north toward the rolling Cheviot Hills.
  • woodland: Most coniferous woodland in Britain will have been planted for forestry purposes.
  • forest: We spent some time watching trees in the coniferous forest behind a park Visitors Center.
  • forestry: Garry Bog is a flat area of farmland, carr, raised bog and coniferous forestry which includes the large straight edged Garry Wood.
  • tree: There is very little wildlife around Entwistle due mainly to the tall coniferous trees leaving the ground cover very dark.
  • planting: There are modest scale blocks of coniferous planting, but only low native tree cover which is seen around farms and along river valleys.

Modifying Another Word

  • predominantly: The Broxbourne Wood record differs in that although taken from oak, the wood is predominantly coniferous.
  • mainly: The map shows apparently strong populations of red squirrels in the large areas of mainly coniferous forest in the North East.
  • usually: The surface vegetation is usually coniferous woodland or heather moorland.

Browse dictionary entries near coniferous

  1. conifer
  2. conidium
  3. conidiophore
  4. conidial
  5. conical
  6. conic section
  7. conic projection
  8. conic
  9. congruous
  10. congruity
  1. coniine
  2. conium
  3. conj
  4. conjectural
  5. conjecture
  6. conjoin
  7. conjoint
  8. conjugal
  9. conjugal rights
  10. conjugal visit