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coniferous tree

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Noun1.coniferous treeconiferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree
larch tree, larch - any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves
golden larch, Pseudolarix amabilis - Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves
fir tree, true fir, fir - any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
true cedar, cedar tree, cedar - any cedar of the genus Cedrus
spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
hemlock tree, hemlock - an evergreen tree
douglas fir - tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles
Cathaya - Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
cypress tree, cypress - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
Athrotaxis selaginoides, King William pine - evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward
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
arborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis
keteleeria - Asiatic conifers resembling firs
Wollemi pine - newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned
araucaria - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds
dammar pine, kauri pine - any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin
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
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
podocarp - any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed
Podocarpus coriaceus, yacca, yacca podocarp - West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
brown pine, Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp - large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
African yellowwood, cape yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus - South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
Podocarpus totara, totara - valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides - New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
Dacrydium cupressinum, imou pine, red pine, rimu - tall New Zealand timber tree
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
common sickle pine, Falcatifolium falciforme - small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia
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
Lagarostrobus colensoi, silver pine, westland pine - timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood
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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2 How could needle-shaped leaves help a coniferous tree retain water?
The nutrientrich ash is "gourmet city for coniferous tree seedlings," Stickney says.
At that time, the angiosperms or flowering plants -- a group that includes grasses and deciduous trees -- were starting to compete seriously with the more established type of land plant called gymnosperms, which includes coniferous trees.
 
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