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conifer

[koh-nuh-fer, kon-uh-] / ˈkoʊ nə fər, ˈkɒn ə- /
NOUN
fir
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Hanson assured me this vast landscape of brush was already making its return as a conifer forest.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025

The couple, who have been together for 11 years, exchanged vows before an array of conifer branches and lights - their two young sons had front row seats.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

"Instead of the evergreen conifer forest coming back right away, in some regions, we see a long-term replacement of these forests with faster-growing species."

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Even though most of Japan escaped the glaciers that blanketed Britain and Canada, Japan was still cold, dry, and extensively covered with conifer and birch forests offering little plant food to humans.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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