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" (3 found)
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13 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
2 entries- käpy noun (botany: cone)
- strobila noun (zoology: a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish)
French
1 entries- strobile noun (botany: cone)
Hebrew
1 entries- אִצְטְרוֹבָּל noun (botany: cone)
Korean
1 entries- 구과 noun (botany: cone)
Polish
2 entries- kłos zarodnionośny noun (botany: cone)
- strobilus noun (zoology: a layered reproductive stage in jellyfish)
Romanian
1 entries- strobil noun (botany: cone)
Spanish
1 entries- estróbilo noun (botany: cone)
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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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