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2. Conifer cone - Wikipedia

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   Conifer cone. A mature female big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone. A young female or seed cone on a Norway spruce (Picea abies) Immature male or pollen cones of Swiss pine (Pinus cembra) A conifer cone or, in formal botanical usage, a strobilus, pl.: strobili, is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants, especially in ...

3. Fire making - Wikipedia

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   From left to right: flint, fire striker, char cloth and piece of mushroom. Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature. Fire is an essential tool for human survival and the use of fire was important ...

4. Fire striker - Wikipedia

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   Fire striker. Assorted reproduction firesteels typical of Roman to medieval period. Late 18th-century firetools and bricks from Brittany. A fire striker is a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by the sharp edge of flint, chert or similar rock. [1][2][3] It is a specific tool used in fire making.

5. Glossary of firelighting - Wikipedia

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   This is an alphabetized glossary of terms pertaining to lighting fires, along with their definitions. Firelighting (also called firestarting, fire making, or fire craft) is the process of starting a fire artificially. Fire was an essential tool in early human cultural development. The ignition of any fire, whether natural or artificial ...

6. Pyrophyte - Wikipedia

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   Pyrophyte. Pyrophytes are plants which have adapted to tolerate fire. Fire acts favourably for some species. "Passive pyrophytes" resist the effects of fire, particularly when it passes over quickly, and hence can out-compete less resistant plants, which are damaged. "Active pyrophytes" have a similar competing advantage to passive pyrophytes ...

7. Firestarter - Wikipedia

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   Fire drill (tool), a device to start a fire by friction. Firelighter, a small solid fuel tablet for kindling a fire. Fire striker, a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by a suitable rock. Ferrocerium, a modern alternative inaccurately called "flint". Magnesium alloy fire starter, a device used by hikers.