strobile in English dictionary

  • strobile

    Meanings and definitions of "strobile"

    • noun
      (botany)
      A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone.
    • noun
      (biology)
      An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, such as the tapeworm; one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
    • noun
      (zoology)
      A strobila or jointed segment.
    • noun
      cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts

    Synonyms of "strobile" in English dictionary

    strobilus, cone, reproductive structure are the top synonyms of "strobile" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of strobile

    • strobile (plural strobiles)

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