Meaning

noun any cone-shaped artifact

noun a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

noun cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts

originFrom Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source.

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