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Definitions for: Strobile [n] cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Strobila.
Synonyms: cone, strobilus
See Also: club moss, clubmoss, conifer, coniferous tree, fir cone, galbulus, horsetail, lycopod, pinecone, reproductive structure
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