CONE


Meaning of CONE in English

n.

or strobilus

In botany, a mass of scales or bracts, usually ovate, containing the reproductive organs of certain non-flowering plants.

A distinguishing feature of pines and other conifers , the cone is roughly analogous to the flower of other plants. Cones (strobili) are also found on club mosses and horsetails .

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