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strobila
N พยาธิ ตัว ตืด
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
STROBIL
n.[L.] In botany, a pericarp formed from an ament by the hardening of the scales. It is made up of scales that are imbricate, from an ament contracted or squeezed together in this states of maturity, as the cone of the pine.
STROBILIFORM
a.[L., supra. ] Shaped like a strobil, as a spike.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STROBILA
Stro *bi "la, n.; pl. Strobilæ. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)(a ) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyræ, or young medusæ.(b ) A mature tapeworm.
STROBILACEOUS
Strob `i *la "ceous, a. Etym: [See Strobila. ] (Bot. )(a ) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone. (b ) Producing strobiles.
STROBILATION
STROBILATION Strob `i *la "tion, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.
STROBILE
Strob "ile, n. Etym: [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. strobole.][Written also strobil. ]
1. (Bot. )
Defn: 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.)
Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Strobila.
STROBILIFORM
STROBILIFORM Stro *bil "i *form, a.
Defn: Shaped like a strobile.
STROBILINE
STROBILINE Strob "i *line, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits.
New American Oxford Dictionary
strobila
stro bi la |strəˈbīlə strəˈbaɪlə | ▶noun ( pl. strobilae |-lē | ) Zoology 1 the segmented part of the body of a tapeworm that consists of a long chain of proglottids. 2 a stack of immature larval jellyfish formed on a sessile polyplike form by sequential budding. DERIVATIVES strob i la tion |ˌstrōbəˈlāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek strobilē ‘twisted plug of lint, ’ from strephein ‘to twist. ’
strobilus
stro bi lus |ˈstrōbələs ˈstroʊbələs | ▶noun ( pl. strobili |-ˌlī | ) Botany the cone of a pine, fir, or other conifer. • a conelike structure, such as the flower of the hop. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from late Latin, from Greek strobilos, from strephein ‘to twist. ’
Oxford Dictionary
strobila
strobila |strəˈbʌɪlə | ▶noun ( pl. strobilae |-lʌɪ, -liː | ) Zoology 1 the segmented part of the body of a tapeworm that consists of a long chain of proglottids. 2 a stack of immature larval jellyfish formed on a sessile polyp-like form by budding. DERIVATIVES strobilation noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek strobilē ‘twisted plug of lint ’, from strephein ‘to twist ’.
strobilus
strobilus |ˈstrəʊbɪləs | ▶noun ( pl. strobili |-lʌɪ, -liː | ) Botany the cone of a pine, fir, or other conifer. • a cone-like structure, such as the flower of the hop. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from late Latin, from Greek strobilos, from strephein ‘to twist ’.