stro·bi·lus (str -b  l s) also stro·bile (strbl , -bl)n. pl. stro·bi·li (-b l) or stro·biles A conelike structure, such as a pine cone, the fruit of the hop, or a cone of a club moss, that consists of overlapping sporophylls spirally arranged along a central axis. [Late Latin, pine cone, from Greek strobilos, twisted object, pine cone, from strobos, a whirling; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.] stro bi·laceous (-b-l shs) adj. |
strobilaceous [ˌstrəʊbɪˈleɪʃəs]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany relating to or resembling a cone or cones
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