Definition of strobil. Meaning of strobil. Synonyms of strobil

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Definition of strobil

strobil
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. 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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