Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In conchology, same as
Conidæ. Latreille , 1825.
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Examples
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Helix perinflata, Pfr.T. umbilicata, globosa, solida, striis incrementi rugosis et lineis impressis antrorsum descendentibus decussata, isabellino-albida; spira convexo-conoidea, apice obtusa; anfr.
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Common weeds of cultivation are Fumaria parviflora, a near relation of the English fumitory, Silene conoidea, and two Spergulas (Caryophyllaceae), and Sisymbrium Irio
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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With other species I have limited myself to four successive years with the same negative result, as with spinage, the Moldavian dragon-head, (_Dracocephalum moldavicum_), and two species of corn catch-fly (_Silene conica_ and _S. conoidea_).
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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Here, coyly hang the narrow leaves of the _Silene conoidea_; and here, slowly rocking in the S.S.W. wind, is the sand willow (_Salix arenaria_).
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 Various 1876
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