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  2. Glossary of shapes with metaphorical names - Wikipedia

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    Cone (from the Greek word for « pine cone ») Doughnut shape; Egg-shaped, see "Oval", below; Geoid (From Greek Ge (γη) for "Earth"), the term specifically introduced to denote the approximation of the shape of the Earth, which is approximately spherical, but not exactly so; Heart shape, long been used for its varied symbolism

  3. Conifer cone - Wikipedia

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    A mature female big-cone pine (Pinus coulteri) cone, the heaviest pine cone A young female cone on a Norway spruce (Picea abies) Immature male 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 conifers and cycads.

  4. Pinaceae - Wikipedia

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    The Pinaceae (/ p ɪ ˈ n eɪ s iː ˌ iː,-s i ˌ aɪ /), or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, piñons, larches, pines and spruces.

  5. Pine nut - Wikipedia

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    The mature piñon pine cone is ready to harvest ten days before the green cone begins to open. A cone is harvested by placing it in a burlap bag and exposing it to a heat source such as the sun to begin drying. It takes about 20 days until the cone fully opens. Once it is fully open and dry, the seed can be easily extracted in various ways.

  6. Coulter pine - Wikipedia

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    Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri), or big-cone pine, is a conifer in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.Coulter pine is an evergreen conifer that lives up to 100 years. [2] It is a native of the coastal mountains of Southern California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico, occurring in mediterranean climates, where winter rains are infrequent and summers are dry with ...

  7. Talk:Conifer cone - Wikipedia

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    Home-made pine cone cow A pine cone covered in ice after an ice storm Male cones of a pine Immature female pine cone - So an equal criteria should be applied anyway. True, the specific cone is not identified (yet), but one should consider the overall contribution of photo (if any) before deleting it.

  8. ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers for NYT's Tricky Word Game on ...

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    If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Sunday's puzzle, you're not alone and these hints should definitely help you out. Plus, I'll reveal the answers further down ...

  9. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Schemes (from the Greek schēma, 'form or shape') are figures of speech that change the ordinary or expected pattern of words. For example, the phrase, "John, my best friend" uses the scheme known as apposition. Tropes (from Greek trepein, 'to turn') change the general meaning of words. An example of a trope is irony, which is the use of words ...