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Definition of Cones
1. cone [v] - See also: cone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cones
Literary usage of Cones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"B. Seeds wingless or with very short wing: cones green at maturity. c. ...
Bungeana вв. Seeds with long wing: cones purple at maturity. c. cones ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1904)
"A still more subordinate variety consists of "spatter-cones" formed by small mildly
... or cones, and sometimes completely curved domes over vents (Figs. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"were later (Fig. i3/>) gathered into numerous pointed bundles or cones. After the
dissolution of the nuclear membrane these FIG. 13. ..."
4. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Towards the extreme periphery of the retina the cones become relatively ...
The total number of cones has been calculated to be more than three million. ..."
5. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1875)
"The cones differ from the rods mainly in their tapering form and the greater
diameter of their internal portion, which, as a general rule, is from two to ..."
6. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"Kinds of Volcanic cones.—Volcanic cones and craters have been divided into two
kinds—viz., cones of elevation and cones of eruption. ..."
7. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1893)
"rooks of central Scotland the stumps of ancient tuff-cones, ... -View of the
Tuff-cones of Auvergne, taken from the top of the cone aid crater of Pny ..."
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