<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Any of numerous, chiefly evergreen trees or shrubs of the class Coniferinae (or group Coniferales), including the pine, fir, spruce, and other cone-bearing trees and shrubs.</li><li>A plant producing naked seeds in cones, or single naked seeds as in yews, but with pollen always borne in cones.</li></ul>