noun
profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
• Syn: ↑Coniferales
• Hypernyms: ↑plant order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Coniferopsida, ↑class Coniferopsida, ↑Coniferophytina, ↑subdivision Coniferophytina, ↑Coniferophyta
• Member Meronyms:
↑Pinaceae, ↑family Pinaceae, ↑pine family, ↑Cupressaceae, ↑family Cupressaceae, ↑cypress family, ↑Araucariaceae, ↑family Araucariaceae, ↑araucaria family, ↑Cephalotaxaceae, ↑family Cephalotaxaceae, ↑plum-yew family, ↑Phyllocladaceae, ↑family Phyllocladaceae, ↑Podocarpaceae, ↑family Podocarpaceae, ↑podocarpus family, ↑Sciadopityaceae, ↑family Sciadopityaceae, ↑Taxaceae, ↑family Taxaceae, ↑yew family
Useful english dictionary. 2012.