Found 2 items, similar to strobile.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: strobile strobile n : cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts [syn: cone, strobilus]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Strobile 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Strobila. [1913 Webster]