This cluster of antlers from which a flower sprouts is the male part of a pine tree's reproductive organ. From these the pollen are spread in May, and

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This cluster of antlers from which a flower sprouts is the male part of a pine tree's reproductive organ. From these the pollen are spread in May, and being herbaceous, these subsequently wither more familiar and lasting woody pinecone is the female portion, and it produces the seeds.

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