Definition of coniferales Coniferales

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What does coniferales mean?

Noun
coniferales - profusely branching and chiefly evergreen trees and some shrubs having narrow or needlelike leaves
		order Coniferales
		plant order the order of plants
		class coniferopsida, coniferophyta, coniferophytina, coniferopsida, subdivision coniferophytina cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period; most are substantial trees; includes the classes Pinopsida (subdivision Pinophytina) and Ginkgopsida (subdivision Ginkgophytina) and Taxopsida (subdivision Taxophytina) which in turn include the surviving orders Coniferales and Taxales (yews) and sometimes Ginkgoales as well as extinct orders such as Cordaitales (of the Carboniferous and Permian)
		family pinaceae, pinaceae, pine family a family of Pinaceae
		cupressaceae, cypress family, family cupressaceae cypresses and junipers and many cedars
		araucaria family, araucariaceae, family araucariaceae tall evergreen cone-bearing trees of South America and Australia with broad leathery leaves; in some classifications included in the Pinaceae
		cephalotaxaceae, family cephalotaxaceae, plum-yew family a family of Cephalotaxaceae
		family phyllocladaceae, phyllocladaceae a family of Phyllocladaceae
		family podocarpaceae, podocarpaceae, podocarpus family gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
		family sciadopityaceae, sciadopityaceae family comprising a single genus that until recently was considered part of Taxodiaceae