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strobilus

(strō bī′ləs)

cone ()
strobila (sense )

Origin: ModL < LL: see strobile

See strobilus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. 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:

Origin: Late Latin, pine cone

Origin: , from Greek strobilos, twisted object, pine cone

Origin: , from strobos, a whirling; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

stroˌbi·laˈceous (-bə-lāˈshəs) adjective

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