Kiefer

Definitions of Kiefer
  1. noun
    the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
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    Unterkiefer, Unterkieferbein
    the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
    Oberkiefer, Oberkieferbein
    the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
    type of:
    Gebein, Knochen
    rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  2. noun
    a coniferous tree
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    Arve, Zirbelkiefer
    large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
    Edeltanne, Tanne, Weißtanne
    any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine
    Föhre, Waldkiefer
    medium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark
    Bergkiefer, Latsche
    tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
    type of:
    Nadelbaum, Nadelholzbaum
    any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
  3. noun
    straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
    synonyms: Kiefernholz
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    Holz
    the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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