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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
Cone
,
Noun.
, 3.
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.
3.
(Zool.)
Same as
Strobila
.

Definition 2024


strobile

strobile

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Alternative forms

  • strobil

Noun

strobile (plural strobiles)

  1. (botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone.
  2. (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.
  3. (zoology) A strobila or jointed segment.

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