ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Strobile

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Strobile is a noun meaning (botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.

Meaning

(botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.

More Meanings

  1. (zoology) A jointed series of segments in the body of an invertebrate.
  2. (biology) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, such as a tapeworm or a jellyfish; one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.

Word Forms

Synonyms for strobile

Depending on context, synonyms include strobilus, cone, strobila.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include strobilus, cone, microstrobilus, strobil, strophiole, stipes.

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