coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing coneslarch tree, larch - any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves fir tree, true fir, fir - any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas spruce - any coniferous tree of the genus Picea douglas fir - tall evergreen timber tree of western North America having resinous wood and short needles Cathaya - Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere cedar, cedar tree - any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars cypress tree, cypress - any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones dawn redwood, metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides - large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China arborvitae - any of several Asian and North American conifers of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis Wollemi pine - newly discovered (1994) pine thought to have been long extinct; Australia; genus and species names not yet assigned araucaria - any of several tall South American or Australian trees with large cones and edible seeds plum-yew - any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals celery pine - Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves podocarp - any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed Podocarpus totara, totara - valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves |