pine cone
Americannoun
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pine cones
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pine cone
First recorded in 1685–95
Example Sentences
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Sometimes a pine cone is just a pine cone.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Celeste returned to the car with a pine cone, a flavor component she has incorporated in her beer.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
Technically a thistle, an artichoke looks like a pine cone, prickly, jagged, and ready to ward off predators.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2022
The bucolic setting proves inhospitable when a fast-falling pine cone smacks Leda painfully in the back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2022
He turned his back, contempt in every line of his body as he flicked the scales from his pine cone out into the dark.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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