STROBILUS


Meaning of STROBILUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ strō-ˈbī-ləs, ˈstrō-bə- ]

noun

( plural stro·bi·li -ˌlī)

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, pinecone, from Greek strobilos twisted object, top, pinecone, from strobos action of whirling; akin to Greek strephein to twist

Date: 1771

1. : an aggregation of sporophylls resembling a cone (as in the club mosses and horsetails)

2. : the cone of a gymnosperm

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