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pine-cone

pine-cone is the alternative form of pinecone.

Meaning of pinecone

Noun

pinecone (plural pinecones)

  1. A conical seed-bearing structure produced on a pine tree.
  2. (broadly) The seed-bearing structure of any conifer, such as fir, spruce, cedar, etc.

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Forms of pine-cone

pluralpine-cones

Questions about pine-cone

What is pine-cone the alternative form of?
Pine-cone is the alternative form of pinecone.

Words near pine-cone in the dictionary

  1. pine weevils
  2. pine woods snake
  3. pine woods snakes
  4. pine-apple
  5. pine-apples
  6. pine-cone
  7. pine-cones
  8. pine-moss
  9. pine-mosses
  10. pine-nut
  11. pine-nut porridge

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