strobile

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστρόβιλος
2. Latin · derived fromstrobila
3. Latin · derived fromstrobilus“a pinecone”
4. English todaystrobile

From Latin strobilus (“a pinecone”) and Latin strobila, from Ancient Greek στρόβιλος (stróbilos). All senses refer to things that look like, or somewhat like (via fancied resemblance), a pinecone.