conifer
Plural: conifers
Noun
- A cone-bearing evergreen tree, such as a pine or fir.
- any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
- A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.
Examples
- She placed CONIFER on the board, imagining a dense forest of high-scoring words.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin cōnifer (“bearing cones”), by surface analysis, Latin cōnus (“cone”) + -fer.
Synonyms
coniferous tree, conifer
Scrabble Score: 12
conifer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordconifer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
conifer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
conifer: valid Words With Friends Word