cone-bearing

The cones caught my attention first, cone-bearing end branches bitten off by squirrels who found it easier to cut the branch tips, watch them fall, then race down the tree and stockpile the nutritious cones under roots and fallen logs.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

The cones caught my attention first, cone-bearing end branches bitten off by squirrels who found it easier to cut the branch tips, watch them fall, then race down the tree and stockpile the nutritious cones under roots and fallen logs.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

The cones caught my attention first, cone-bearing end branches bitten off by squirrels who found it easier to cut the branch tips, watch them fall, then race down the tree and stockpile the nutritious cones under roots and fallen logs.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

The cones caught my attention first, cone-bearing end branches bitten off by squirrels who found it easier to cut the branch tips, watch them fall, then race down the tree and stockpile the nutritious cones under roots and fallen logs.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

Near the summit grow cycads—stout-trunked, palm-like, cone-bearing trees that evolved in the late Carboniferous, 300 million years ago; they were among the first plants to have both cones and seeds.

Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

The Main Walk, the only straight line in the garden, showcases the coniferous (cone-bearing) trees, including pines, cedars and spruces.

How an Evolutionary Garden Grows 2009

Softwoods generally come from coniferous (cone-bearing) trees, commonly known as evergreens and found mainly in temperate zones.

4. Roof structure 1993

Softwoods are generally from coniferous (cone-bearing) trees, found mainly in temperate zones.

Chapter 4 1988

Extracting the seeds is relatively simple: cones, or cone-bearing branches are placed in the sun to dry.

4. Management 1984

You can look up and see a whole slope of cone-bearing trees rushing up darkly away from one side of the road.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978