| strobile | 1. <botany> A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone. 2. <biology> An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, one of the forms that occur in metagenesis. 3. <zoology> Same as Strobila. Origin: L. Strobilus a pine cone, Gr., cf. F. Strobole Alternative forms: strobil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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