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conifer

/koh-nuh-fer, kon-uh-/US // ˈkoʊ nə fər, ˈkɒn ə- //UK // (ˈkəʊnɪfə, ˈkɒn-) //

针叶树,针叶林,针叶植物,松柏树

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae, including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs, and also the yews and their allies that bear drupelike seeds.
    • : a plant producing naked seeds in cones, or single naked seeds as in yews, but with pollen always borne in cones.

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Examples

  • She noted where and when conifer forests began to return, where they didn’t, and where opportunistic invasive species like cheatgrass took over the landscape.

  • With her gentle snuffling, the pig helps the man locate truffles as the sun streams through the cathedral of conifers around them.

  • Even in systems where fire suppression is responsible for fuel buildup, such as mixed conifer stands in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada, fuel treatments can’t always affect the course of a fire.

  • The regional average for mixed conifer forests in the inland region is much lower than the average for similar forests in the coastal region.

  • After the fireball, the ferns and conifers largely vanished.

  • Cheryl Brown, former CEO of the Conifer Council in Texas/Arkansas also saw the storm coming.

  • Thus they encamped near the conifer, and called the place Toha-a-muk-is after the spruce they were afraid to touch.

  • It suffices to name the families of the Conifer and the Amentace, which compose the greater portion of the Flora of our forests.

  • The family of Conifer exhibit themselves in Australia, like every other group of plants, under strange and novel forms.

  • The Australian species are comprised in a small number of families, notably in those of the Conifer and Myrtace.

  • Its cones are the largest produced by any conifer, occasionally reaching the length of nearly two feet.