coniferous
adj/kəˈnɪfəɹəs/
Etymology From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings.
1
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
2
Of, or pertaining to, a conifer.
- During the first part of the oligocratic stage, leaching of brown soils produces acid podzols that favour coniferous woodlands and heaths.2004, Richard John Huggett, Fundamentals of Biogeography, page 319:
- Derived terms
- nonconiferous