strobile

2 definitions found

strobile - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Strobile \Strob"ile\, n. [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. ?: 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 Cone, n., 3.
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     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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     3. (Zool.) Same as Strobila.
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strobile - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  strobile
      n 1: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or
           bracts [syn: cone, strobilus, strobile]