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The woody cone is the female cone, which produces seeds. The male cone, which produces pollen, is usually ephemeral and much less conspicuous even at full maturity. The name "cone" derives from Greek konos (pine cone), which also gave name to the geometric cone. The individual plates of a cone are known as scales.
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Support: I do generally prefer, where the image is meant to illustrate a single, notable aspect of the subject of the article that the images go directly next to the text they're connected to, but at the same time, I get that if the female cones are described in the last paragraph of a section, there's layout reasons for why not to do that ...
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A conical hennin with black velvet lappets (brim) and a sheer veil, 1485–90. The hennin (French: hennin / ˈ h ɛ n ɪ n /; [1] possibly from Flemish Dutch: henninck meaning cock or rooster) [N 1] was a headdress in the shape of a cone, steeple, or truncated cone worn in the Late Middle Ages by European women of the nobility. [2]
A right circular cone and an oblique circular cone A double cone (not shown infinitely extended) 3D model of a cone. A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex that is not contained in the base.
Honey Cone is an American R&B and soul girl group. Originally formed by lead singer Edna Wright (sister of Darlene Love ) with Carolyn Willis and Shelly Clark in 1968. They are known for their number-one Billboard Hot 100 single, " Want Ads ".
Cedrus atlantica foliage and mature female cone Male cones beginning to shed pollen. Fully grown, Atlas cedar is a large coniferous evergreen tree, 30 to 35 m (98 to 115 ft) (rarely 40 m) tall, with a trunk diameter of 1.5 to 2 m (4.9 to 6.6 ft).