pinecone

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US/ˈpaɪnˌkoʊn/

noun

A conical seed-bearing structure produced on a pine tree.

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pineapple
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Meanings

nounpinecone (plural pinecones)

plural pinecones · alternative pine cone · alternative pine-cone

  1. A conical seed-bearing structure produced on a pine tree.
  2. broadlyThe seed-bearing structure of any conifer, such as fir, spruce, cedar, etc.
verbpinecone (third-person singular simple present pinecones, present participle pineconing or pineconeing, simple past and past participle pineconed)

present singular third person pinecones · participle present pineconing · participle present pineconeing · participle past pineconed · past pineconed · alternative pine cone · alternative pine-cone

  1. To become bloated in a way that causes the fish's scales to flare out and resemble a pinecone.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
pineapple
Broader
megastrobilus

Origin

From pine + cone.

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Translations

Ancient Greek κῶνος
  • κῶνος (kônos)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Arabic كُوز الصَنَوْبَر
  • كُوز الصَنَوْبَر (kūz aṣ-ṣanawbar)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Basque pinaburu
  • pinaburuseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Bulgarian шиша́рка
  • шиша́рка (šišárka)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Catalan pinya
  • pinyaseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Chinese Mandarin 松球, 松果
  • 松球 (sōngqiú)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • 松果 (sōngguǒ)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • 松塔 (sōngtǎ)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Danish fyrrekogle
  • fyrrekogleseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Dutch pijnappel, dennenappel
  • pijnappelseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • dennenappelseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Esperanto strobilo
  • strobiloseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Estonian männikäbi
  • männikäbiseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Finnish männynkäpy
  • männynkäpyseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
French pomme de pin, babet (Saint-Étienne)
  • pomme de pinseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • babet (Saint-Étienne)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • aval-pinseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • barolinseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • cocotte (Canade, Hautes-Vosges)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • côneseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • cône de pinseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • coucarelloseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • pigne (Gascogne)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • pignon (Provence)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • piveseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • strobile de pinseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
German Kiefernzapfen, Pinienzapfen
  • Kiefernzapfenseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • Pinienzapfenseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Greek κουκουνάρα, κουκουνάρι
  • κουκουνάρα (koukounára)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • κουκουνάρι (koukounári)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Hebrew אצטרובל
  • אצטרובל (etztrubal)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Hindi कोणधारी कोण
  • कोणधारी कोण (koṇdhārī koṇ)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Hungarian fenyőtoboz
  • fenyőtobozseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Irish caor phéine, buaircín giúise
  • caor phéineseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • buaircín giúiseseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • coirceog giúiseseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Italian pigna, pina
  • pignaseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • pinaseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Japanese 松笠
  • 松笠 (matsukasa)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Korean 솔방울
  • 솔방울 (solbang'ul)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Latvian čiekurs
  • čiekursseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Lithuanian kankorėžis
  • kankorėžisseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Malay kon pain, kon pinus
  • kon painseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • kon pinusseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Persian مخروط کاج, چلغوزه
  • مخروط کاج (maxrut-e kâj)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • چلغوزه (čelġuze)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • گلوز (gallowz, gellowz)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Polish szyszka sosny
  • szyszka sosnyseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Portuguese pinha
  • pinhaseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Romanian con de pin
  • con de pinseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Russian ши́шка
  • ши́шка (šíška)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Scottish Gaelic duirc-ghiuthais, durcan-giuthais
  • duirc-ghiuthaisseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
  • durcan-giuthaisseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Spanish piña
  • piñaseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Swahili sunobari
  • sunobariseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Swedish tallkotte
  • tallkotteseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Turkish çam kozalağı
  • çam kozalağıseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Vietnamese nón thông
  • nón thôngseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Welsh mochyn coed
  • mochyn coedseed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Yiddish שישקע
  • שישקע (shishke)seed-bearing structure of a pine tree
Cite this entry
APA

pinecone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinecone

MLA

“pinecone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinecone. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pinecone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pinecone.

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