English Dictionary

strobilus

noun

(botany) A cone-shaped fruiting body in general

The strobilus is a cone-shaped fruiting body found in many plants.

意味（1）

(botany) A cone-shaped fruiting body in general

意味（2）

(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.

The strobilus in Selaginella is the sporangia-bearing region of the sporophyte. The sporangia arise in the axils of leaves called the sporophylls.

意味（3）

(zoology) A layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.