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A conic section.

Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

Conicalness.

In the form of a cone.

State or quality of being conical.

A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico- hemispherical; conico-subulate.

Same as Conoidal.

That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zoöspores.

A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.

Cone-shaped; conical.

See Conine.

Same as Olibene.

A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called al…

One of the Conirostres.

Belonging to the Conirostres.

A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

See Cognizor.