What is "galbulus"

n. A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses

n. the seed-producing cone of a cypress tree

A fleshy cone ( megastrobilus); chiefly relating to those borne by junipers and cypresses, and often mistakenly called a berry These cones (galbuli) are formed by fleshy cone scales which accrete into a single mass under a unified epidermis. Although originally used for the cypresses, the term is more applicable to the junipers.