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strobilus
[ stroh-bahy-luhs ]
noun
, Botany.
, plural stro·bi·li [stroh-, bahy, -lahy].
- a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
- a conelike structure composed of sporophylls, as of the club mosses and horsetails.
strobilus
/ strō-bī′ləs /
, Plural strobili strō-bī′lī
- A reproductive structure that consists of sporophylls or scales arranged spirally or in an overlapping fashion along a central stem, as in horsetails, some lycophytes, and many kinds of gymnosperms. For example, the cones of pine trees are strobili.
- An inflorescence or ripened multiple fruit in which many floral bracts are arranged in an overlapping fashion, as in the hop plant.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strobilus1
1700–10; < New Latin strobīlus, Late Latin: pine cone < Greek stróbīlos pine cone, whirlwind, whirling dance, derivative of stróbos whirling around
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Word History and Origins
Origin of strobilus1
C18: via Late Latin from Greek strobilos a fir cone; see strobila
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