Pine cone Fruit of the pine tree, since time immemorial and in different civilizations, the pine cone has contained within itself the symbolic meanings of vital force, immortality and divinity, linked to the tree that generates it, together with fertility and regenerative force for the seeds that contains. Considered since ancient times in Sicily, a symbol of luck and prosperity, the pine cone not only often dominates the pillars of the entrance gates of villas, but is also used as a refined ornament.