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fircone

fircone is the alternative form of fir-cone.

Meaning of fir-cone

Noun

fir-cone (plural fir-cones)

  1. The conical fruit of a fir tree.
    • Fir-cones and snakes from their very forms were emblems of male fertility; snakes, too, from their habit of gliding out of their own skins with renewed brightness and color were suggestive of resurrection and re-vivification[.]1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 73

Forms of fircone

pluralfircones

Questions about fircone

What is fircone the alternative form of?
Fircone is the alternative form of fir-cone.

Words near fircone in the dictionary

  1. Firbeck
  2. Firbholg
  3. Firbolg
  4. firbound
  5. Firby
  6. fircone
  7. fircones
  8. Firdaus
  9. fire
  10. fire air
  11. fire alarm

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