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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.
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