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The tree has a conical shape.
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The spikes to which Hoyland refers are conical racemes, up to 16 inches long, each of which may bear between 100 and 300 tubular, orange-red blooms.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
To check whether progesterone was the trigger, the researchers removed the female from the barrier tank and replaced her with conical plastic tubes coated with various chemical stimuli, sliding them into the small holes of the wall divider.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
At times, the singers stand inside a great pipe, a conical segment that hangs above the stage and opens toward the audience like the mouth of a giant megaphone, giving voices a purely acoustical lift.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Sound collected by a deer’s large, swiveling outer ears is funneled through small, conical ducts into these bulbous structures protecting the middle and inner ears.
—Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
To check whether progesterone was the trigger, the researchers removed the female from the barrier tank and replaced her with conical plastic tubes coated with various chemical stimuli, sliding them into the small holes of the wall divider.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
At times, the singers stand inside a great pipe, a conical segment that hangs above the stage and opens toward the audience like the mouth of a giant megaphone, giving voices a purely acoustical lift.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Sound collected by a deer’s large, swiveling outer ears is funneled through small, conical ducts into these bulbous structures protecting the middle and inner ears.
—Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Conical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conical. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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