cone-bearing

1. 1.

   of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves

   Synonymsconiferous

   Similarevergreen

Questions about cone-bearing

What does cone-bearing mean?

cone-bearing means "of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing cones and evergreen leaves".

How many syllables are in cone-bearing?

cone-bearing has 5 syllables: co-ne--be-a-ring. The stress falls on "be".

What is another word for cone-bearing?

Close synonyms include coniferous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cone-bearing a common word?

cone-bearing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.