the smaller of two kinds of cones or strobili produced by gymnosperms, being male and producing the pollen; compare megastrobilus.
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(from the article `gymnosperm`) In most gymnosperms the pollen cones, called microstrobili, contain reduced leaves called microsporophylls. Microsporangia, or pollen sacs, are borne ... ...conifers the pollen-bearing and ovule-bearing components (the microsporangia and megasporangia, respectively) are borne on the same plant, though ......
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