A solid of the form described by the
revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides
adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone.
More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by
a surface which is described by a straight line always passing
through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base
and tapering to a point or vertex.
Anything shaped more or less like a
mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of
scoriæ around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in
a conical form.
The fruit or strobile of
the Coniferæ, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and
cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has
one or two seeds at its base.
A shell of the
genus Conus, having a conical form.
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