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The cone of Pinophyta (conifer clade) contains the reproductive structures. 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.
Sophronia Farrington Cone (1801-1880) was a teacher, artist, and one of the first single female missionaries from America to Africa when she helped found a mission in Liberia in 1834. Farrington was born in Concord, New Hampshire , in 1801 and grew up in Herkimer, New York .
The Cone family had a history of slave ownership. Their father Herman and his brother-in-law Jacob Alder purchased three enslaved people in 1863. [5] The family then moved to Baltimore, Maryland. [6] The eldest Cone brothers, Moses and Ceasar, later moved permanently to Greensboro, North Carolina.
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 ".
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The cones persist on the plant for many months, the smaller pollen-bearing cone remaining green and the larger female cone becoming prominently red. Spores are contained in small box-like structures on the underside of the leaf until ripe, a similar structure at the receptive cone is reduced to two seeds that remain attached to the leaf. [5]
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Kitty Cone (April 7, 1944 – March 21, 2015) was an American disability rights activist. [1] She had muscular dystrophy . [ 2 ] She moved to the California Bay Area in 1972, and began working as a community organizer for the disability rights movement in 1974.