strobile(n = noun.plant) cone, strobilus - cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts;
is a kind of reproductive structure
is a part of conifer, coniferous tree, horsetail, club-moss, club moss, lycopod
has particulars: fir cone, galbulus, pinecone
1. A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone,
2. An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis. [1913 Webster]
3. Same as Strobila. [1913 Webster]
strobile, n.
1 the cone of a pine etc.
2 the layered flower of the hop.
Etymology:
F strobile or LL strobilus f. Gk strobilos f. strepho twist