coniferous tree

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coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones conifer 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, tarwood, tar-wood - 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 Dacrydium bidwilli, Halocarpus bidwilli, New Zealand mountain pine, tarwood, tar-wood - New Zealand shrub 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 Nageia nagi, nagi - medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan miro, Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea, black pine - New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry