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