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Conifer

A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

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Araucaria 76% connected

A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of othe…

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Arborvitae 76% connected

any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis

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Cedar 76% connected

The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.

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Cypress 76% connected

A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability.

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Fir 76% connected

A genus (Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The spec…

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Fir tree 76% connected

See Fir.

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Hemlock 76% connected

The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera, and virosa, an…

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Larch 76% connected

A genus of coniferous trees, having deciduous leaves, in fascicles (see Illust. of Fascicle).

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Pine 76% connected

Woe; torment; pain.

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Podocarp 76% connected

A stem, or footstalk, supporting the fruit.

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Spruce 76% connected

Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea, as the Norway spruce (P. excelsa), and the white and black spruces of America (P. alba and P. nigra), besides…

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Yacca 76% connected

A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brow…

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Yew 76% connected

See Yaw.

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Cone 70% connected

A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right…

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Strobile 70% connected

A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.

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