strobilus

See also: Strobilus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin strobīlus (“pine cone”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos, “twisted object, pine cone”), from στρόβος (stróbos, “whirl”).[1] 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.

Pronunciation

Noun

strobilus (plural strobili)

  2. (botany) 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.
    1. (botany) Sensu strictissimo a more-or-less cone-shaped fruiting body of any of various vascular Pteridophyta, such as horsetail, that bear spores;
    2. (botany) 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 either Pteridophyta or gymnosperms such as pines and cycads, that bear seeds — usage has varied arbitrarily among authors since the 19th century.
    3. (botany) 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
      • 2006, Anil Kumar, Botany for Degree Pteridophyta‎[1], S. Chand Publishing, →ISBN:
        The strobilus in Selaginella is the sporangia-bearing region of the sporophyte. The sporangia arise in the axils of leaves called the sporophylls.
      • 2009, Claire G. Williams, Conifer Reproductive Biology‎[2], Springer Science & Business Media, →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.
  4. (zoology) A strobila, a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.

Translations

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “strobilus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

  • “strobilus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos), with a short -bĭ- in the second syllable to allow stress to remain on the first; compare Strobīlus.

Pronunciation

Noun

strobilus m (genitive strobilī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) pinecone

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative strobilus strobilī
genitive strobilī strobilōrum
dative strobilō strobilīs
accusative strobilum strobilōs
ablative strobilō strobilīs
vocative strobile strobilī

Further reading

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