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Webster 1913 Edition
Strobile
Strob′ile
,Noun.
[L.
strobilus
a pine cone, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F. strobole
.] [Written also
strobil
.] 1.
(Bot.)
A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See , 3.
Cone
, Noun.
2.
(Biol.)
An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, – one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
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strobile
strobile
English
Alternative forms
- strobil
Noun
strobile (plural strobiles)
- (botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone.
- (biology) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, such as the tapeworm; one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
- (zoology) A strobila or jointed segment.
Translations
A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone