(ˈstrəʊbɪləs), strobil (ˈstrəʊbɪl) or strobile (ˈstrəʊbaɪl)
nounWord forms: plural-biluses, -bili (-bɪlaɪ), -bils or -biles
botany the technical name for cone (sense 3)
Word origin
C18: via Late Latin from Greek strobilos a fir cone; see strobila
Examples of 'strobili' in a sentence
strobili
Remarkable clonal differences were also observed for the production of male and female strobili.
Huiquan Zheng, Dehuo Hu, Runhui Wang, Ruping Wei, Shu Yan 2015, 'Assessing 62 Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) Breeding Parents in a 12-Year GraftedClone Test', Forestshttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/10/3799. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The production of male and female strobili appeared to be significantly (p < 0.01) positively correlated with each other.
Huiquan Zheng, Dehuo Hu, Runhui Wang, Ruping Wei, Shu Yan 2015, 'Assessing 62 Chinese Fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) Breeding Parents in a 12-Year GraftedClone Test', Forestshttp://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/6/10/3799. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)