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Later, I consider the European hornbeam tree before me, whose bare branches jut out conically, and an Asian dogwood tree, whose bark reddens in the winter.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2018

An investigating party beheld a hole in the earth 50 feet wide descending conically into blackness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The epidermic cells in the lower part of the petiole project conically, and thus differ in shape from those over the pulvinus.

From The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Charles

This is, as I have said, composed of large "beehive" houses thatched conically with straw.

From African Camp Fires by White, Stewart Edward

The table w swings out of the way and a conically recessed cup chuck c is carried in a bracket fitting into a guideway in the vertical bed g.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua