n.
Pronunciation: str ō - ' b ī -l ə s, ' str ō -b ə -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -li \ - ˌ l ī \
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