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conifer

[koh-nuh-fer, kon-uh-] / ˈkoʊ nə fər, ˈkɒn ə- /
NOUN
fir
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The spruce bark beetle, or Ips typographus, has been munching its way through the conifer trees of Europe for decades, leaving behind a trail of destruction.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025

It has more than 550 miles of hiking trails, including several treks where you can find yourself in solitude in dense conifer forests with sweeping mountain views.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

Angiosperms, or flowering plants, grew back faster and denser than the previously ubiquitous conifer relatives had been.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024

The corridor offers sightseeing, sports and history amid conifer forests, alpine passes and more — but you’ll have to slow down a bit.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

Too far north for the larger trees, hemmen or serem or black vate, the forest was all of one kind of tree, a gnarled scrubby conifer ten or twelve feet high, gray-needled, called thore.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

The forest sees 15 million visitors each year, making it vulnerable to fires -- quite apart from its sandy soil and vegetation consisting of ferns and highly flammable conifers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

There will likely be no vistas of forest canopy, no shaded glens with water cascading through a tapestry of conifers, pine sap spicing the morning air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025

"We haven't put the conifers back and the nation needs timber."

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

This is very easy to picture on a hot day in California fire country, where conifers rustle against the eaves and the ground is dusty-dry.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2025

Then I would heat my coffee and sit comfortably on my back step and contemplate wood and water and the quick-rising mountains with crowns of conifers and the fir trees high up, dusted with snow.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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