'Strobil' definitions:

Definition of 'strobil'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) Same as Strobila. [1913 Webster]

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