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cone-in-cone

cone-in-cone adjective: consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together or with each other. Cone-in-cone structures sometimes appear in sedimentary rocks like calcite or more rarely gypsum, siderite or pyrite.

Adjective

cone-in-cone (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together or with each other. Cone-in-cone structures sometimes appear in sedimentary rocks like calcite or more rarely gypsum, siderite or pyrite.

Questions about cone-in-cone

What does cone-in-cone mean?
Cone-in-cone means consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together or with each other. Cone-in-cone structures sometimes appear in sedimentary rocks like calcite or more rarely gypsum, siderite or pyrite.
What part of speech is cone-in-cone?
Cone-in-cone is an adjective.

Words near cone-in-cone in the dictionary

  1. cone-flower
  2. cone-flowers
  3. Cone-Head
  4. cone-headed
  5. Cone-Heads
  6. cone-in-cone
  7. cone-shaped
  8. Coneac
  9. conebill
  10. conebills
  11. conebush

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