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pinecone

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See also: pine-cone and pine cone

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A pine cone from a European black pine (Pinus nigra)

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From pine +‎ cone.

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pinecone (plural pinecones)

  1. A conical seed-bearing structure produced on a pine tree.
  2. (loosely) The seed-bearing structure of any conifer, such as fir, spruce, cedar, etc.

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pinecone (third-person singular simple present pinecones, present participle pineconing or pineconeing, simple past and past participle pineconed)

  1. (of a fish) To become bloated in a way that causes the fish's scales to flare out and resemble a pinecone.

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