strobilus

strobilus
/stroh buy"leuhs/, n., pl. strobili /-luy/. Bot.
1. a reproductive structure characterized by overlapping scalelike parts, as a pine cone or the fruit of the hop.
2. a conelike structure composed of sporophylls, as of the club mosses and horsetails. Also called strobile /stroh"buyl, -bil/.
[1700-10; < NL strobilus, LL: pine cone < Gk stróbilos pine cone, whirlwind, whirling dance, deriv. of stróbos whirling around]

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