STROBILUS


Meaning of STROBILUS in English

ˈsträbələs noun

( plural strobi·li -bəˌlī)

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, pinecone, from Greek strobilos whirling or twisted object, ball, top, pinecone, from strobos action of whirling — more at strophe

1.

a. : a conelike aggregation of sporophylls (as in the club mosses and horsetails)

b. : the cone of a gymnosperm

2. : strobila

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