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conifer

[koh-nuh-fer, kon-uh-] / ˈkoʊ nə fər, ˈkɒn ə- /
NOUN
fir
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The conifer forests, which were heavily logged over the last century, will be managed by the tribal government as two protected areas, the Blue Creek Salmon Sanctuary and the Yurok Tribal Community Forest.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 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

They also found similarly amplifying feedbacks in other permafrost-relevant processes, like the loss of boreal conifer forests due to fire -- but here, too, only at the local to regional scale.

From Science Daily Jun. 3, 2024

They were still flying over subarctic taiga, a seemingly endless landscape of conifer forest—in English this is sometimes called “snow forest.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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

"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

These regions often are in dense sections of forests — sometimes along tricky winding roads — where young conifers have taken over the forest floor.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2024

The Princess was always brightest in spring, just after the conifers emerged from the snow, their deep green needles seeming almost black against the tawny browns of soil and bark.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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