strobile

• Zapfenförmige Struktur aus Schuppen oder Deckblättern, die Samenanlagen oder Sporen tragen, wie sie bei Nadelbäumen, Bärlappgewächsen und anderen Pflanzen vorkommt.

A cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts, typically found in certain plants such as conifers and clubmosses.

1. Cone-shaped reproductive structureC2formalscientific

   A cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts, typical of conifers and some other plants.

   Zapfen

   • The pine tree produces a strobile that contains its seeds.
   • Botanists studied the strobile of the cycad to understand its reproduction.
   • The strobile of the horsetail is distinct from that of a conifer.

   Synonymeconestrobilus