fir-cone

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• fir cone — n the hard brown fruit that contains the seeds of a fir tree …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fir cone — noun the seed producing cone of a fir tree • Hypernyms: ↑cone, ↑strobilus, ↑strobile • Part Holonyms: ↑fir, ↑fir tree, ↑true fir * * * fir cone noun …   Useful english dictionary

• fir-cone — noun The conical fruit of a fir See Also: fir tree, pine cone …   Wiktionary

• fir cone — n. cone of a fir tree that produces seeds …   English contemporary dictionary

• fir cone — noun Brit. the dry fruit of a fir tree or other conifer …   English new terms dictionary

• fir apple — fir apple, the fruit of the fir tree; a fir cone …   Useful english dictionary

• fir tree — noun any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas • Syn: ↑fir, ↑true fir • Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree • Hyponyms: ↑silver fir, ↑Santa Luc …   Useful english dictionary

• fir — n. 1 (in full fir tree) any evergreen coniferous tree, esp. of the genus Abies, with needles borne singly on the stems (cf. PINE(1)). 2 the wood of the fir. Phrases and idioms: fir cone the fruit of the fir. Derivatives: firry adj. Etymology: ME …   Useful english dictionary

• cone´less — cone «kohn», noun, verb, coned, con|ing. –n. 1. a solid object that has a flat, round base and narrows to a point at the top. 2. Geometry. a surface traced by a moving straight line, one point of which is fixed, the opposite end constantly… …   Useful english dictionary

• Cone — (k[=o]n?), n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. kw^nos; akin to Skr. [,c]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See {Hone}, n.] 1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about one of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cone of rays — Cone Cone (k[=o]n?), n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. kw^nos; akin to Skr. [,c]ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See {Hone}, n.] 1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right angled triangle about… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English