strobilus

Etymology
Borrowed from. According to Liddell and Scott, 8th ed. 1882: of various meanings such as a pine-cone, something screwed up into a lump like a pine-cone, a pine tree and more.

Noun

 * 1)  A cone-shaped fruiting body sensu stricto of gymnosperms and vascular plants other than angiosperms, bearing either seeds or spores, but sensu lato may refer to similarly structured catkins and cones in angiosperms; usage arbitrary according to preferences of various authorities.
 * 2)  Sensu strictissimo a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various vascular, such as horsetail, that bear spores;
 * 3)  Sensu stricto according to source and context, a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body; a structure that might or might not be seen as an infructescence, usually woody, of either Pteridophyta or gymnosperms such as pines and cycads, that bear seeds &mdash; usage has varied arbitrarily among authors since the 19th century.''
 * 4)   Sensu lato according to source and context, A more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body; a structure that might or might not be seen as an infructescence of either Pteridophyta, gymnosperms, or angiosperms; examples include the cones of, or catkin-like strobili of
 * 5)  A strobila, a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.
 * 1)  A strobila, a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.
 * 1)  A strobila, a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.

Related terms

 * strobila

Translations

 * Catalan: estròbil
 * Dutch: kegelvrucht
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 * Korean: 구과(毬果)
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