The strobilus in Selaginella is the sporangia-bearing region of the sporophyte. The sporangia arise in the axils of leaves called the sporophylls.
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Strobilus
/stɹəʊ̯ˈbaɪ̯.ləs/
Synonyms for "strobilus" (7 found)
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More general
4 entriesbotanical structurecone typereproductive organreproductive structure
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entriescone bearing sporangiagymnosperm conepollen coneseed conesporophyll arrangementstrobilus development
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- estròbil noun (botany: cone)
Dutch
1 entries- kegelvrucht noun (botany: cone)
Esperanto
2 entries- strobilo noun (botany: cone)
- strobiloj noun (botany: cone)
Finnish
1 entries- käpy noun (botany: cone)
French
1 entries- strobile noun (botany: cone)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִצְטְרוֹבָּל noun (botany: cone)
Korean
1 entries- 구과 noun (botany: cone)
Polish
1 entries- kłos zarodnionośny noun (botany: cone)
Romanian
1 entries- strobil noun (botany: cone)
Spanish
1 entries- estróbilo noun (botany: cone)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
As a term, female strobilus refers to the stage prior to pollination... The strobilus emerges slowly from its bud then its scales flex open. Once pollinated the strobilus now becomes a conelet. At fertilization the conelet becomes a cone.
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