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pine cone

Definitions

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  • noun The seed-bearing conical fruit of a pine tree.

Etymologies

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pine (from Middle English, from Old English pīn , from Latin pinus) + cone (from Latin conus, from Ancient Greek (kōnos))

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synonyms (23)

Words with the same meaning

  1. ament
  2. capitulum
  3. catkin
  4. complex cone
  5. cone
  6. conelet
  7. conoid
  8. cop
  9. cornet
  10. corymb
  11. cyme
  12. funnel
  13. head
  14. ice-cream cone
  15. panicle
  16. raceme
  17. spadix
  18. spike
  19. spikelet
  20. strobile
  21. thyrse
  22. umbel
  23. verticillaster

relateds (15)

relateds

  1. fir-cone
  2. pine nut
  3. pine siskin
  4. pine tar
  5. pineal
  6. pineapple
  7. pinedrops
  8. pinene
  9. pinery
  10. pinesap
  11. pinetum
  12. pinewood
  13. piney
  14. piny
  15. seed cone

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. strobilus

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