Meanings
nounfir-cone (plural fir-cones)
plural fir-cones · alternative fir cone · alternative fircone
- The conical fruit of a fir tree.
Fir-cones and snakes from their very forms were emblems of male fertility; snakes, too, from their habit of gliding out of their own skins with renewed brightness and color were suggestive of resurrection and re-vivification[.]
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 73
Translations
Bulgarian шишарка
- шишарка (šišarka)conical fruit of a fir tree
Dutch sparappel
- sparappelconical fruit of a fir tree
German Tannenzapfen
- Tannenzapfenconical fruit of a fir tree
Italian pigna d'abete
- pigna d'abeteconical fruit of a fir tree
Polish szyszka jodły
- szyszka jodłyconical fruit of a fir tree
Welsh mochyn coed
- mochyn coedconical fruit of a fir tree
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APA
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Chicago
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