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Meaning of strobilus

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strobilus

noun

Definitions

  1. A cone-shaped fruiting body in general

  2. 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.

  3. A layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.