Conifer cone, the Glossary
A conifer cone or pinecone (strobilus,: strobili in formal botanical usage) is a seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants.[1]
Table of Contents
100 relations: Aachen Cathedral, Abies bracteata, Agathis, Alder, Alphabet book, Araucaria, Araucaria bidwillii, Araucariaceae, Aril, Berry (botany), Bird, Blue spruce, Botany, Bract, Callitropsis nootkatensis, Calocedrus decurrens, Cedrus, Cedrus libani, Cone, Conifer, Conifer nut, Cotyledon, Cupressaceae, Cupressus, Cycad, Cylinder, Da Ponte Fountain, Fir, Fontana della Pigna, Forest floor, Fruit preserves, Galbulus, Georgia (country), Gran Canaria, Gymnosperm, Handicraft, Heraldry, Herbaceous plant, Hokkaido, Ice storm, Impossible bottle, Juniper, Juniperus communis, Koper, Larch, Larix kaempferi, Lasse Åberg, Latin, Living fossil, Match, ... Expand index (50 more) »
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Aachen Cathedral
Aachen Cathedral (Aachener Dom) is a Catholic church in Aachen, Germany and the cathedral of the Diocese of Aachen.
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Abies bracteata
Abies bracteata, the Santa Lucia fir or bristlecone fir, is the rarest fir in North America, and according to some, the world.
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Agathis
Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia.
Alder
Alders are trees that compose the genus Alnus in the birch family Betulaceae.
Alphabet book
An alphabet book is a type of children's book giving basic instruction in an alphabet.
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Araucaria
Araucaria (original pronunciation) is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae.
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Araucaria bidwillii
Araucaria bidwillii, commonly known as the bunya pine, banya or bunya-bunya, is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae which is endemic to Australia.
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Araucariaceae
Araucariaceae – also known as Araucarians – is a family of coniferous trees, with three living genera, Araucaria, Agathis, and Wollemia.
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Aril
An aril (pronounced), also called an arillus, is a specialized outgrowth from a seed that partly or completely covers the seed. Conifer cone and aril are conifers and plant morphology.
Berry (botany)
In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Blue spruce
The blue spruce (Picea pungens), also commonly known as green spruce, Colorado spruce, or Colorado blue spruce, is a species of spruce tree native to North America in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
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Botany
Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.
Bract
In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Conifer cone and bract are plant morphology.
Callitropsis nootkatensis
Callitropsis nootkatensis, formerly known as Cupressus nootkatensis (syn. Xanthocyparis nootkatensis, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis), is a species of tree in the cypress family native to the coastal regions of northwestern North America.
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Calocedrus decurrens
Calocedrus decurrens, with the common names incense cedar and California incense cedar (syn. Libocedrus decurrens Torr.), is a species of coniferous tree native to western North America.
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Cedrus
Cedrus, with the common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae (subfamily Abietoideae).
Cedrus libani
Cedrus libani, the cedar of Lebanon or Lebanese cedar, is a species of tree in the genus Cedrus, a part of the pine family, native to the mountains of the Eastern Mediterranean basin.
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Cone
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
Conifer
Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Conifer cone and Conifer are conifers.
Conifer nut
Conifer nuts are the edible seeds of conifers, which includes most notably pine nuts (family Pinaceae) and ''Araucaria'' nuts (family Araucariaceae). Conifer cone and conifer nut are conifers.
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Cotyledon
A cotyledon ("a cavity, small cup, any cup-shaped hollow", gen.) is a "seed leaf" - a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant, and is formally defined as "the embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first to appear from a germinating seed." Botanists use the number of cotyledons present as one characteristic to classify the flowering plants (angiosperms): species with one cotyledon are called monocotyledonous ("monocots"); plants with two embryonic leaves are termed dicotyledonous ("dicots"). Conifer cone and cotyledon are plant morphology.
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Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress, with worldwide distribution.
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Cupressus
Cupressus is one of several genera of evergreen conifers within the family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress.
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Cycad
Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves.
Cylinder
A cylinder has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes.
Da Ponte Fountain
The Da Ponte Fountain (Da Pontejev vodnjak; fontana Da Ponte) is a fountain in the city of Koper, in southwestern Slovenia.
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Fir
Firs are evergreen coniferous trees belonging to the genus Abies in the family Pinaceae.
Fontana della Pigna
The or simply ("pinecone") is a former Roman fountain which now decorates a vast niche in the wall of the Vatican facing the Cortile della Pigna, located in Vatican City, in Rome, Italy. Conifer cone and Fontana della Pigna are conifers.
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Forest floor
The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves.
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Fruit preserves
Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread.
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Galbulus
A fleshy cone (megastrobilus); chiefly relating to those borne by junipers and cypresses, and often mistakenly called a berry. Conifer cone and Galbulus are plant morphology.
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.
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Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria, also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa and is part of Spain.
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Gymnosperm
The gymnosperms are a group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, Ginkgo, and gnetophytes, forming the clade Gymnospermae.
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Handicraft
A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials, paper, plant fibers, clay, etc.
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Heraldry
Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.
Herbaceous plant
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. Conifer cone and Herbaceous plant are plant morphology.
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Hokkaido
is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.
Ice storm
An ice storm, also known as a glaze event or a silver storm, is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain.
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Impossible bottle
An impossible bottle is a bottle containing an object that appears too large to fit through the bottle's mouth.
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Juniper
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae.
Juniperus communis
Juniperus communis, the common juniper, is a species of small tree or shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae.
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Koper
Koper (Capodistria; Kopar) is the fifth largest city in Slovenia.
Larch
Larches are deciduous conifers in the genus Larix, of the family Pinaceae (subfamily Laricoideae).
Larix kaempferi
Larix kaempferi, the Japanese larch or karamatsu (唐松 or 落葉松) in Japanese, is a species of larch native to Japan, in the mountains of Chūbu and Kantō regions in central Honshū.
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Lasse Åberg
Lars Gunnar Åberg (born 5 May 1940), known professionally as Lasse Åberg, is a Swedish actor, musician, film director and artist.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Living fossil
A living fossil is an extant taxon that phenotypically resembles related species known only from the fossil record.
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Match
A match is a tool for starting a fire.
Mechanical puzzle
A mechanical puzzle is a puzzle presented as a set of mechanically interlinked pieces in which the solution is to manipulate the whole object or parts of it.
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Microbiota decussata
Microbiota is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous shrubs in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Microbiota decussata (Siberian carpet cypress, Russian arbor-vitae).
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.
Outcrossing
Out-crossing or out-breeding is the technique of crossing between different breeds.
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Oval
An oval is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg.
Ovule
In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells. Conifer cone and ovule are plant morphology.
Parastichy
Parastichy, in phyllotaxy, is the spiral pattern of particular plant organs on some plants, such as areoles on cacti stems, florets in sunflower heads and scales in pine cones. Conifer cone and Parastichy are plant morphology.
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Picea abies
Picea abies, the Norway spruce or European spruce, is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
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Picea sitchensis
Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to just over tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m (16 ft).
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Pinaceae
The Pinaceae, or pine family, are conifer trees or shrubs, including many of the well-known conifers of commercial importance such as cedars, firs, hemlocks, piñons, larches, pines and spruces.
Pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.
Pineal gland
The pineal gland (also known as the pineal body or epiphysis cerebri) is a small endocrine gland in the brain of most vertebrates.
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Pineapple gall adelgid
The pineapple gall adelgid (Adelges abietis) is a species of conifer-feeding insect that forms pineapple-shaped plant galls on its host species, commonly Norway and Sitka spruce.
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Pinus canariensis
Pinus canariensis, the Canary Island pine, is a species of gymnosperm in the conifer family Pinaceae.
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Pinus contorta
Pinus contorta, with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine, and also known as twisted pine, and contorta pine, is a common tree in western North America.
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Pinus echinata
The shortleaf pine or Pinus echinata is a species of coniferous tree endemic to the United States.
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Pinus taeda
Pinus taeda, commonly known as loblolly pine, is one of several pines native to the Southeastern United States, from East Texas to Florida, and north to southern New Jersey.
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Plant reproductive morphology
Plant reproductive morphology is the study of the physical form and structure (the morphology) of those parts of plants directly or indirectly concerned with sexual reproduction. Conifer cone and plant reproductive morphology are plant morphology.
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Platycladus
Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja, Oriental arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja.
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Plum
A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''. Dried plums are often called prunes, though in the United States they may be labeled as 'dried plums', especially during the 21st century.
Podocarpaceae
Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.
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Pollen
Pollen is a powdery substance produced by most types of flowers of seed plants for the purpose of sexual reproduction. Conifer cone and Pollen are plant morphology.
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail).
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Prumnopitys
Prumnopitys is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae.
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Pseudolarix
Pseudolarix is a genus of coniferous trees in the pine family Pinaceae containing three species, the extant Pseudolarix amabilis and the extinct species Pseudolarix japonica and Pseudolarix wehrii.
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Red squirrel
The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Europe and Asia.
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Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Saxegothaea
Saxegothaea is a genus comprising a single species, Saxegothaea conspicua.
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Sciadopitys
Sciadopitys, commonly called umbrella pines, is a genus of a unique conifers now endemic to Japan.
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Seed
In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).
Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoia sempervirensSunset Western Garden Book, 1995: 606–607 is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae).
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Serotiny
Serotiny in botany simply means 'following' or 'later'. Conifer cone and Serotiny are plant morphology.
Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Conifer cone and shrub are plant morphology.
Sporangium
A sporangium (from Late Latin);: sporangia) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular. Virtually all plants, fungi, and many other groups form sporangia at some point in their life cycle. Sporangia can produce spores by mitosis, but in land plants and many fungi, sporangia produce genetically distinct haploid spores by meiosis.
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Sporophyll
A sporophyll is a leaf that bears sporangia. Conifer cone and sporophyll are plant morphology.
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Spruce
A spruce is a tree of the genus Picea, a genus of about 40 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth.
Strobilus
A strobilus (strobili) is a structure present on many land plant species consisting of sporangia-bearing structures densely aggregated along a stem. Conifer cone and strobilus are plant morphology.
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Subtended angle
In geometry, an angle is subtended by an arc, line segment or any other section of a curve when its two rays pass through the endpoints of that arc, line segment or curve section.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Thuja
Thuja is a genus of coniferous tree or shrub in the Cupressaceae (cypress family).
Thuja occidentalis
Thuja occidentalis, also known as northern white-cedar, eastern white-cedar, or arborvitae, is an evergreen coniferous tree, in the cypress family Cupressaceae, which is native to eastern Canada and much of the north-central and northeastern United States.
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Thuja plicata
Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.
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Toy
A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment.
Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. Conifer cone and tree are plant morphology.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
Welwitschia
Welwitschia is a monotypic genus (that is, a genus that contains a single recognised species) of gymnosperm, the sole described species being the distinctive Welwitschia mirabilis, endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola.
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Welwitschiaceae
Welwitschiaceae is a family of plants of the order Gnetales with one living species, Welwitschia mirabilis, found in southwestern Africa.
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Wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
Wollemia
Wollemia is a genus of coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae, endemic to Australia.
See also
Conifers
- Aril
- Conifer
- Conifer cone
- Conifer nut
- Coniferous resin salve
- Coniferous swamp
- Conifers of Mexico
- Cordaitales
- Cupressidae
- Fontana della Pigna
- Hughmillerites
- Krummholz
- List of coniferous plants of Montana
- List of conifers of South Africa
- List of inventoried conifers in Canada
- List of inventoried conifers in the United States
- List of the conifers of Canada
- Palissya
- Palissyales
- Pinales
- Resin extraction
- Taxales
- Temperate coniferous forest
- Tree line
- Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests
- Voltziales
- Wilding conifer
- Yellow pine
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conifer_cone
Also known as Cone (botany), Cone Cow, Cone scale, Conifer cones, Conifer seed, Female cone, Kaepylehmae, Käpylehmä, Male cone, Megastrobilus, Microstrobilus, Ovulate cone, Pine cone, Pine cones, Pine-cone, Pinecone, Pinecones, Pollen cone, Seed cone, Seed cones.
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