conifer

plural conifers

1. biologyA plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

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   The research, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found this was not true in conifer plantations, where pine martens lack diverse sources of food and prey on red squirrels instead, turning them from a protector to a threat. […] But government planting schemes in the UK and Ireland have tended to favour conifers, which are easier to plant and harvest.

   2022 January 12, Fiona Harvey, “Conifer plantation push could threaten red squirrel population, study finds”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2022

1. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.
2. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.
3. A surname.

   In this direction Iron Duke was in the charge of Driver Golding and Fireman Conifer, again accompanied by Inspector Jackson; [...].

   1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 176