Category:Strobile

Strob"ile, n. Etym: [l. strobilus a pine cone, gr. strobole.] [written also strobil.]

1. (bot.)

Defn: 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.)

Defn: 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. (zoöl.)

Defn: same as strobila.