Definition of "obconic" []

• Of a fruit, conical in shape and attached to the stalk by the pointed end. (adjective)
• Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical. (adjective)

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• "The spikelets are one-to two-flowered, subsessile and subsecund on the branches which are produced as awn-like bristles beyond the ultimate spikelet, obscurely jointed and persistent on their obconic short pedicels, narrowly lanceolate and terete."
• "Body black, punctured; antennae piceous; first joint obconic, not longer than the second and third together, which are equal; 4-10 joints moniliform; last joint ovate acute; palpi pale piceous; terminal joint minute, that of the labial longer; thorax oblong-quadrate; angles rounded; glabrous line none; elytra black piceous, punctures not Vol.IV. — 5 454"