strobilus
[ stroh-bahy-luh s ]
/ stroʊˈbaɪ ləs /
noun, plural stro·bi·li [stroh-bahy-lahy] /stroʊˈbaɪ laɪ/. Botany.
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.
Also called
stro·bile
[stroh-bahyl, -bil] /ˈstroʊ baɪl, -bɪl/.
Origin of strobilus
1700–10; < New Latin
strobīlus, Late Latin: pine cone < Greek
stróbīlos pine cone, whirlwind, whirling dance, derivative of
stróbos whirling around
Words nearby strobilus
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British Dictionary definitions for strobile
strobilus
strobile (ˈstrəʊbaɪl)
/ (ˈstrəʊbɪləs) /
noun plural -biluses, -bili (-bɪlaɪ) or -biles
botany the technical name for cone (def. 3)
Word Origin for strobilus
C18: via Late Latin from Greek
strobilos a fir cone; see
strobila
Scientific definitions for strobile
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.