STROBILE

cone, strobilus, strobile

(noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Noun

strobile (plural strobiles)

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

(biology) 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.

(zoology) A strobila or jointed segment.

Anagrams

• Bristole, Libertos, bit roles

Source: Wiktionary

---

Strob"ile, n. Etym: [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. strobole.] [Written also strobil.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: 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.)

Definition: Same as Strobila.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---