different between strobilus vs synangium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????????? (stróbilos). According to Liddell and Scott, 8th ed. 1882: of various meanings such as a pine-cone, something screwed up into a lump like a pine-cone, a pine tree and more.

Noun

strobilus (plural strobili)

1. (botany) A cone-shaped fruiting body in general
2. (botany) 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. (zoology) A layered reproductive stage in jellyfish, in which the swimming medusa form is produced.

Related terms

• strobilar
• strobilate

Translations

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from syn- + Ancient Greek ??????? (angeîon, “a vessel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??nænd?i.?m/
• Hyphenation: sy?nan?gi?um

Noun

synangium (plural synangia)

1. (anatomy) The divided part beyond the pylangium in the aortic trunk of the amphibian heart.
2. (botany) The boat-shaped sorus of certain ferns.

Related terms

• synangial

Translations

• Italian: sinangio (it) m