STROBILES Synonyms

• any cone-shaped artifact

• a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

• cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts

• a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color

• make cone-shaped

• a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• produce or yield flowers

• a transient variation in voltage or current

• sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

• a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

• a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

• each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)

• a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

• a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

• a large stout nail

• stand in the way of

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• secure with spikes

• bring forth a spike or spikes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• manifest a sharp increase

• any cone-shaped artifact

• a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point

• cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts

• a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color

• make cone-shaped

• cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts