strobilus
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stro·bi·lus
noun pl. strobili stro·bi·li (-bīˈlī) or
stro·biles A conelike structure, such as a pine cone, the fruit of the hop, or a cone of a club moss, that consists of overlapping sporophylls spirally arranged along a central axis.
Origin: Late Latin, pine cone, from Greek strobilos, twisted object, pine cone, from strobos, a whirling; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.
Related Forms:
- stroˌbi·laˈceous (-bə-lāˈshəs) adjective
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