conifer

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cōnifer (“bearing cones”), by surface analysis, Latin cōnus (“cone”) +‎ -fer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/ === Noun === conifer (plural conifers) (botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree. ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:conifer ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === fir-cone, force in, in force, inforce == Latin == === Etymology === From cōnus (“cone”) + -fer (“-bearing”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoː.nɪ.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.ni.fer] === Adjective === cōnifer (feminine cōnifera, neuter cōniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) (hapax legomenon) bearing conical fruit Synonym: cōniger ==== Usage notes ==== Attested once in the Classical period (see quotations above). ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === References === “conifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “conifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin conifer, French conifère. === Noun === conifer n (plural conifere) conifer ==== Declension ====