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Webster 1913 Edition

Conifer

Co′ni-fer

,

Noun.

[L.

conifer

;

conus

cone +

ferre

to bear: cf. F.

conifère

.]

(Bot.)

A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order

Coniferae

, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.