gymnospermous tree

/ˌˈdʒɪmnəˌˈspʌrməs tri/

Definitions of gymnospermous tree

1. noun

   any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta
   types:

   Gnetum gnemon, gnetum

   small tropical tree with tiered branches and divaricate branchlets having broad glossy dark green leaves; exploited for its edible young leaves and seeds that provide a fine flour

   Ginkgo biloba, gingko, ginkgo, maidenhair tree

   deciduous dioecious Chinese tree having fan-shaped leaves and fleshy yellow seeds; exists almost exclusively in cultivation especially as an ornamental street tree

   conifer, coniferous tree

   any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones

   pine, pine tree, true pine

   a coniferous tree

   larch, larch tree

   any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having deciduous needlelike leaves

   Pseudolarix amabilis, golden larch

   Chinese deciduous conifer resembling a larch with golden yellow leaves

   fir, fir tree, true fir

   any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas

   cedar, cedar tree, true cedar

   any cedar of the genus Cedrus

   spruce

   any coniferous tree of the genus Picea

   hemlock, hemlock tree

   an evergreen tree

   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, cypress tree

   any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

   Athrotaxis selaginoides, King William pine

   evergreen of Tasmanian mountains having sharp-pointed leaves that curve inward

   Metasequoia glyptostrodoides, dawn redwood, metasequoia

   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

   keteleeria

   Asiatic conifers resembling firs

   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

   dammar pine, kauri pine

   any of various trees of the genus Agathis; yield dammar resin

   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 coriaceus, yacca, yacca podocarp

   West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves

   Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp, brown pine

   large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure

   African yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus, cape yellowwood

   South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown

   Podocarpus totara, totara

   valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves

   Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Podocarpus dacrydioides, kahikatea

   New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood

   Dacrydium cupressinum, imou pine, red pine, rimu

   tall New Zealand timber tree

   Dacrydium colensoi, tar-wood, tarwood

   New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes

   Falcatifolium falciforme, common sickle pine

   small tropical rain forest tree of Indonesia and Malaysia

   Falcatifolium taxoides, yellow-leaf sickle pine

   a rain forest tree or shrub of New Caledonia having a conic crown and pale green sickle-shaped leaves; host species for the rare parasite yew

   Dacrydium bidwilli, Halocarpus bidwilli, New Zealand mountain pine, tar-wood, tarwood

   New Zealand shrub

   Lagarostrobus colensoi, silver pine, westland pine

   timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood

   Dacrydium franklinii, Lagarostrobus franklinii, huon pine

   Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium

   Nageia nagi, nagi

   medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan

   Podocarpus ferruginea, Prumnopitys ferruginea, black pine, miro

   New Zealand conifer used for lumber; the dark wood is used for interior carpentry

   Podocarpus spicata, Prumnopitys taxifolia, black pine, matai

   conifer of Australia and New Zealand

   Prumnopitys andina, Prumnopitys elegans, plum-fruited yew

   South American evergreen tree or shrub

   Prince Albert yew, Prince Albert's yew, Saxe-gothea conspicua

   small yew having attractive foliage and partially weeping branches cultivated as an ornamental; mountains of southern Chile

   Podocarpus amara, Prumnopitys amara, Sundacarpus amara

   a large fast-growing monoecious tropical evergreen tree having large glossy lanceolate leaves; of rain forests of Sumatra and Philippines to northern Queensland

   Japanese umbrella pine, Sciadopitys verticillata

   tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs

   yew

   any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms