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strobilus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /stɹoˈbaɪ̯.ləs/ (Scotland)
  • /stɹəʉ̯ˈbɑe̯.ləs/ (Australia)
  • /stɹoˈbəi̯.ləs/ (Scotland)
  • /stɹoˈbʌi̯.ləs/ (Scotland)
  • strō-bī′ləs
  • /stɹɐʉ̯ˈbaɪ̯.ləs/ (New-Zealand)
  • /stɹoʊ̯ˈbʌɪ̯.ləs/ (Canada)
  • /stɹoʊ̯ˈbaɪ̯.ləs/ (Canada, General-American)
  • /stɹəʊ̯ˈbaɪ̯.ləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /sʈɾoːˈbaj.lus/ (India)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin strobīlus (“pine cone”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos, “twisted object, pine cone”), from στρόβος (stróbos, “whirl”). 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.

Meanings

  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. ▸ Sensu strictissimo a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various vascular Pteridophyta, such as horsetail, that bear spores;
  2. 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. ▸ 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 gymnosperms such as pines and cycads, that bear seeds — usage has varied arbitrarily among authors since the 19th century.
  3. 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. ▸ 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 Casuarina, or catkin-like strobili of Alnus
    • The strobilus in Selaginella is the sporangia-bearing region of the sporophyte. The sporangia arise in the axils of leaves called the sporophylls. 2006, Anil Kumar, Botany for Degree Pteridophyta, S. Chand Publishing, →ISBN:
    • As a term, female strobilus refers to the stage prior to pollination... The strobilus emerges slowly from its bud then its scales flex open. Once pollinated the strobilus now becomes a conelet. At fertilization the conelet becomes a cone. 2009, Claire G. Williams, Conifer Reproductive Biology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
  4. A layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.

Forms

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strobili Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

microstrobilus

Relateds

strobilation · strobilar · strobilate · strobila · strobilaceous

Synonyms

cone · strobile · strobile · cone · strobile · cone · strobile

Translations (13)

fi strobila (zoology: a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish) · pl kłos zarodnionośny (botany: cone) · pl strobilus (zoology: a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish) · ko 구과 (botany: cone) · es estróbilo (botany: cone) · eo strobilo (botany: cone) · ca estròbil (botany: cone) · he אִצְטְרוֹבָּל (botany: cone) · fr strobile (botany: cone) · fi käpy (botany: cone) · nl kegelvrucht (botany: cone) · eo strobiloj (botany: cone) · ro strobil (botany: cone)

wikidata: Q22710 · wikidata: Q22710 · wikidata: Q22710