单词 | strobilus |
释义 | 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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