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CONE-SHAPED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Relating to or resembling a cone

Example:

conelike fruit

Synonyms:

cone-shaped; conelike; conic; conical

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

cone (a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point)

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 Context examples: 

Like all Asteraceae, the flowers are a composite inflorescence, with purple (rarely yellow or white) florets arranged in a prominent, somewhat cone-shaped head; cone-shaped because the petals of the outer ray florets, once the flower head opens, tend to point downward (are decumbent), thus forming a cone.

(Echinacea, NCI Thesaurus)