coniferous tree

/kəˌnɪfərəs tri/

Other forms: coniferous trees

Definitions of coniferous tree

1. noun

   any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
   synonyms: conifer

   types:

   pine, pine tree, true pine

   a coniferous tree

   larch, larch tree

   any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves

   Pseudolarix amabilis, golden larch

   Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves

   fir, fir tree, true fir

   any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas

   cedar, cedar tree, true cedar

   any cedar of the genus Cedrus

   spruce

   any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

   hemlock, hemlock tree

   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, cypress tree

   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

   Metasequoia glyptostrodoides, dawn redwood, metasequoia

   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

   Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp, brown pine

   large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure

   African yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus, cape yellowwood

   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, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides, kahikatea

   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

   Falcatifolium falciforme, common sickle pine

   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, tar-wood, tarwood

   New Zealand shrub

   Lagarostrobus colensoi, silver pine, westland pine

   timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood

   Dacrydium franklinii, Lagarostrobus franklinii, huon pine

   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

   Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea, black pine, miro

   New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

   Podocarpus spicata, Prumnopitys taxifolia, black pine, matai

   conifer of Australia and New Zealand

   Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans, plum-fruited yew

   South American evergreen tree or shrub

   Prince Albert yew, Prince Albert's yew, Saxe-gothea conspicua

   small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile

   Podocarpus amara, Prumnopitys amara, Sundacarpus amara

   a large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland

   Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata

   tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs

   yew

   any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

   pinon, pinyon

   any of several low-growing pines of western North America

   Pinus glabra, spruce pine

   large two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood

   Pinus nigra, black pine

   large two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe

   Pinus rigida, northern pitch pine, pitch pine

   large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine

   Pinus serotina, pond pine

   large three-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles longer than those of the northern pitch pine

   European nut pine, Pinus pinea, stone pine, umbrella pine

   medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds

   Pinus cembra, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine, arolla pine, cembra nut tree

   large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate

   Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pine

   low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two

   Pinus longaeva, ancient pine

   small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops

   white pine

   any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine

   yellow pine

   any of various pines having yellow wood

   Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, black pine

   tall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine

   Pinus contorta, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, shore pine, spruce pine

   shrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares

   Pinus contorta murrayana, Sierra lodgepole pine

   tall subspecies of lodgepole pine

   Pinus taeda, frankincense pine, loblolly pine

   tall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head

   Pinus banksiana, jack pine

   slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark

   swamp pine

   any of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine

   Canadian red pine, Pinus resinosa, red pine

   pine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark

   Pinus sylvestris, Scotch fir, Scotch pine, Scots pine

   medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark

   Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana, Virginia pine, scrub pine

   common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2

   Monterey pine, Pinus radiata

   tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark

   Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, bristlecone pine

   small slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old

   Pinus pungens, hickory pine, prickly pine, table-mountain pine

   a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales

   Pinus attenuata, knobcone pine

   medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone

   Japanese red pine, Japanese table pine, Pinus densiflora

   pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental

   Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii, black pine

   large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog

   Pinus torreyana, Torrey pine, Torrey's pine, grey-leaf pine, sabine pine, soledad pine

   medium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones

   American larch, Larix laricina, black larch, tamarack

   medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark

   Larix occidentalis, Oregon larch, western larch, western tamarack

   tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree

   Larix lyallii, subalpine larch

   medium-sized larch of the Rocky Mountains; closely related to Larix occidentalis

   European larch, Larix decidua

   tall European tree having a slender conic crown, flat needlelike leaves, and hairy cone scales

   Larix russica, Larix siberica, Siberian larch

   medium-sized larch of northeastern Russia and Siberia having narrowly conic crown and soft narrow bright-green leaves; used in cultivation

   silver fir

   any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery white beneath

   Abies bracteata, Abies venusta, Santa Lucia fir, bristlecone fir

   a pyramidal fir of southwestern California having spiny pointed leaves and cone scales with long spines

   Cedrus libani, cedar of Lebanon

   cedar of Lebanon and northwestern Syria that attains great age and height

   Cedrus deodara, Himalayan cedar, deodar, deodar cedar

   tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as its timber

   Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica

   tall Algerian evergreen of Atlas mountains with blue-green leaves; widely planted as an ornamental

   Norway spruce, Picea abies

   tall pyramidal spruce native to northern Europe having dark green foliage on spreading branches with pendulous branchlets and long pendulous cones

   Brewer's spruce, Picea breweriana, weeping spruce

   medium-sized spruce of California and Oregon having pendulous branches

   Engelmann spruce, Engelmann's spruce, Picea engelmannii

   tall spruce of Rocky Mountains and British Columbia with blue-green needles and acutely conic crown; wood used for rough lumber and boxes

   Picea glauca, white spruce

   medium-sized spruce of northeastern North America having short blue-green leaves and slender cones

   Picea mariana, black spruce, spruce pine

   small spruce of boggy areas of northeastern North America having spreading branches with dense foliage; inferior wood

   Picea obovata, Siberian spruce

   tall spruce of northern Europe and Asia; resembles Norway spruce

   Picea sitchensis, Sitka spruce

   a large spruce that grows only along the northwestern coast of the United States and Canada; has sharp stiff needles and thin bark; the wood has a high ratio of strength to weight

   Picea orientalis, oriental spruce

   evergreen tree of the Caucasus and Asia Minor used as an ornamental having pendulous branchlets

   Colorado blue spruce, Colorado spruce, Picea pungens, silver spruce

   tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward

   Picea rubens, eastern spruce, red spruce, yellow spruce

   medium-sized spruce of eastern North America; chief lumber spruce of the area; source of pulpwood

   Canadian hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, eastern hemlock, spruce pine

   common forest tree of the eastern United States and Canada; used especially for pulpwood

   Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana

   medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales

   Tsuga mertensiana, black hemlock, mountain hemlock

   large evergreen of western United States; wood much harder than Canadian hemlock

   Pacific hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla, west coast hemlock, western hemlock

   tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree

   Oregon fir, Oregon pine, Pseudotsuga menziesii, douglas hemlock, douglas pine, douglas spruce, green douglas fir

   lofty douglas fir of northwestern North America having short needles and egg-shaped cones

   Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, big-cone douglas fir, big-cone spruce

   douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long

   Cupressus goveniana, gowen cypress

   small sometimes shrubby tree native to California; often used as an ornamental; in some classification systems includes the pygmy cypress and the Santa Cruz cypress

   Cupressus goveniana pigmaea, Cupressus pigmaea, pygmy cypress

   rare small cypress native to northern California; sometimes considered the same species as gowen cypress

   Cupressus abramsiana, Cupressus goveniana abramsiana, Santa Cruz cypress

   rare California cypress taller than but closely related to gowen cypress and sometimes considered the same species

   Arizona cypress, Cupressus arizonica

   Arizona timber tree with bluish silvery foliage

   Cupressus guadalupensis, Guadalupe cypress

   relatively low wide-spreading endemic on Guadalupe Island; cultivated for its bluish foliage

   Cupressus macrocarpa, Monterey cypress

   tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting

   Cupressus lusitanica, Mexican cypress, Portuguese cypress, cedar of Goa

   tall spreading evergreen found in Mexico having drooping branches; believed to have been introduced into Portugal from Goa

   Cupressus sempervirens, Italian cypress, Mediterranean cypress

   tall Eurasian cypress with thin grey bark and ascending branches

   Austrocedrus chilensis, Chilean cedar

   a small South American evergreen having coppery bark and pretty foliage

   Calocedrus decurrens, Libocedrus decurrens, incense cedar, red cedar

   tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark

   Atlantic white cedar, Chamaecyparis thyoides, coast white cedar, southern white cedar, white cedar, white cypress

   slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States; resembles American arborvitae

   Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, Lawson's cedar, Lawson's cypress, Oregon cedar, Port Orford cedar

   large timber tree of western North America with trunk diameter to 12 feet and height to 200 feet

   Alaska cedar, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, Nootka cypress, yellow cedar, yellow cypress

   tall evergreen of the Pacific coast of North America often cultivated for ornament

   Cryptomeria japonica, Japan cedar, Japanese cedar, sugi

   tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood

   incense cedar

   any of several attractive trees of southwestern South America and New Zealand and New Caledonia having glossy evergreen leaves and scented wood

   Libocedrus plumosa, kawaka

   New Zealand timber tree resembling the cypress

   Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine, pahautea

   evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka

   Thuja plicata, canoe cedar, red cedar, western red cedar

   large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States

   American arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis, northern white cedar, white cedar

   small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets

   Oriental arborvitae, Platycladus orientalis, Thuja orientalis

   Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus

   Thujopsis dolobrata, hiba arborvitae

   slow-growing medium-large Japanese evergreen used as an ornamental

   Araucaria araucana, chile pine, monkey puzzle

   large Chilean evergreen conifer having intertwined branches and bearing edible nuts

   Araucaria excelsa, Araucaria heterophylla, norfolk island pine

   evergreen of Australia and Norfolk Island in the South Pacific

   Araucaria columnaris, new caledonian pine

   very tall evergreen of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides similar to norfolk island pine

   Araucaria bidwillii, bunya bunya, bunya bunya tree

   Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts; among the aborigines the tree is hereditary property protected by law

   Araucaria cunninghamii, Moreton Bay pine, hoop pine

   pine of Australia and New Guinea; yields a valuable light even-textured wood

   Agathis australis, kauri, kaury

   tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood

   Agathis alba, Agathis dammara, amboina pine, amboyna pine

   native to the Moluccas and Philippines; a source of dammar resin

   Agathis robusta, dundathu pine, queensland kauri, smooth bark kauri

   Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer

   Agathis lanceolata, red kauri

   New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and scaly reddish-brown bark

   California nutmeg, Torreya californica, nutmeg-yew

   California evergreen having a fruit resembling a nutmeg but with a strong turpentine flavor

   Torrey tree, Torreya taxifolia, stinking cedar, stinking yew

   rare small evergreen of northern Florida; its glossy green leaves have an unpleasant fetid smell when crushed

   Phyllocladus asplenifolius, celery top pine, celery-topped pine

   medium tall celery pine of Tasmania

   Phyllocladus trichomanoides, tanekaha

   medium tall celery pine of New Zealand

   Alpine celery pine, Phyllocladus alpinus

   small shrubby celery pine of New Zealand

   English yew, Old World yew, Taxus baccata

   predominant yew in Europe; extraordinarily long-lived and slow growing; one of the oldest species in the world

   California yew, Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, western yew

   small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood

   Japanese yew, Taxus cuspidata

   shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage; cultivated in the eastern United States

   Florida yew, Taxus floridana

   small bushy yew of northern Florida having spreading branches and very narrow leaves

   Austrotaxus spicata, New Caledonian yew

   large yew native to New Caledonia; cultivated in eastern Australia and New Zealand and Hawaii

   Pseudotaxus chienii, white-berry yew

   yew of southeastern China, differing from the Old World yew in having white berries

   type of:

   gymnospermous tree

   any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta