About The Word Strobile
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Strobile
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What's The Definition Of Strobile?
[n] cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
Synonyms | Synonyms for Strobile: cone | strobilus Related Terms | Find terms related to Strobile: See Also | club moss | clubmoss | conifer | coniferous tree | fir cone | galbulus | horsetail | lycopod | pinecone | reproductive structure Strobile In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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