Strobile

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  • n. A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A strobila or jointed segment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
  • n. Same as Strobila.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In botany, a cone (which see, and cuts under Lepidostrobus and pericarp). Also strobilus.
  • n. In zoology, a strobila.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    reproductive structure   
    Variant
    cone    strobila   
    Hyponym
    pinecone    galbulus    fir cone   
     
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