conifer
nounHow to pronounce conifer:
Definition of conifer:
- conifer (noun):
- any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones.
- any of an order (coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
Synonyms for conifer:
african yellowwood
araucaria
arborvitae
black pine
brown pine
cape yellowwood
cathaya
cedar
cedar tree
celery pine
common sickle pine
cone
coniferous tree
cypress
cypress tree
dacrycarpus dacrydioides
dacrydium bidwilli
dacrydium colensoi
dacrydium cupressinum
dacrydium franklinii
dammar pine
dawn redwood
douglas fir
falcatifolium falciforme
falcatifolium taxoides
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Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- conical
- conductress
- conductive
- conducted
- conductance
- condiments
- concurrent
- concreteness
- concession
- concertly
- concerning
- concentric
- concentrates
- computing
- compulsive
- comprizes
- components
- completed
- complaining
- companions
- commotions
- commonly
- committees
- commissioned
- commensals
- comeuppance
- comedic
- combative
- columnar
- colossus
- colossians
- colonies
- colombe
- colloquy
- collectors
- cognisance
- cofounder
- coercion
- coeliac
- codicil
- cocotte
- cockerel
- cockatiel
- coachella
- coachable
- clinique
- clinician
- clergyman
- clavier
- clavial
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