[strob-uh-ley-shuh
s] 
| 1. | resembling a strobilus; conelike. |
| 2. | bearing strobili. |
| stro·bi·lus (strō-bī'ləs) n. pl. stro·bi·li (-bī'lī) 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. [Late Latin, pine cone, from Greek strobilos, twisted object, pine cone, from strobos, a whirling; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.] stro'bi·la'ceous (-bə-lā'shəs) adj. |