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PINECONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pinecone mean?
• PINECONE (noun)
The noun PINECONE has 1 sense:
1. the seed-producing cone of a pine tree
Familiarity information: PINECONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The seed-producing cone of a pine tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pinecone" is a kind of...):
cone; strobile; strobilus (cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts)
Holonyms ("pinecone" is a part of...):
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