strobilus

The story

1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromστρόβῑλος“twisted object, pine cone”
2. Late Latin · borrowed fromstrobīlus“pine cone”
3. English todaystrobilus

Borrowed from Late Latin strobīlus (“pine cone”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos, “twisted object, pine cone”), from στρόβος (stróbos, “whirl”). 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.