NOUN | plant | strobilus, cone, strobile | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts |
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Meaning | cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts. | |
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Synonyms | cone, strobile | |
Part of | club moss, club-moss, lycopod | Primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles |
conifer, coniferous tree | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones | |
horsetail | perennial rushlike flowerless herbs with jointed hollow stems and narrow toothlike leaves that spread by creeping rhizomes | |
Narrower | fir cone | The seed-producing cone of a fir tree |
galbulus | The seed-producing cone of a cypress tree | |
pinecone | The seed-producing cone of a pine tree | |
Broader | reproductive structure | The parts of a plant involved in its reproduction |
Spanish | estróbilo | |
Catalan | estròbil |
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