strobilus
Noun
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Noun
strobilus (plural strobili)
- (botany) A cone-shaped fruiting body in general
- (botany) More particularly a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various gymnosperms and vascular sporophytes. According to source and context it might refer to a structure bearing either seeds or spores, that might or might not be seen as an infructescence; usage has varied arbitrarily among authors during the last two centuries.
- (zoology) A layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.
- Spanish: estróbilo
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