strobilus
noun
stro·bi·lus strō-ˈbī-ləs 
ˈstrō-bə-
plural strobili strō-ˈbī-ˌlī
ˈstrō-bə-
1
: an aggregation of sporophylls resembling a cone (as in the club mosses and horsetails)
2
: the cone of a gymnosperm
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Late Latin, pine cone, from Greek strobilos twisted object, top, pine cone, from strobos action of whirling; akin to Greek strephein to twist
First Known Use
1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1