coniferous

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscone-bearing

   Similarevergreen

Questions about coniferous

What does coniferous mean?

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

How many syllables are in coniferous?

coniferous has 4 syllables: co-nif-e-rous. The stress falls on "nif". In IPA it is /kəˈnɪfɚəs/.

What is another word for coniferous?

Close synonyms include cone-bearing. 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 coniferous a common word?

coniferous 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.

What rhymes with coniferous?

1 word rhymes with coniferous. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.