fir cone vs cone

fir cone and cone both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fir cone	Yes	No	No	No
cone	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, cone is a hypernym of fir cone; that is, cone is a word with a broader meaning than fir cone:

Other hypernyms of fir cone include strobile, strobilus.

fir cone (noun)	cone (noun)
the seed-producing cone of a fir tree	any cone-shaped artifact
	a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color
	cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
	a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

fir cone (verb)	cone (verb)
	make cone-shaped