STROBILES
Noun
strobiles
plural of strobile
Source: Wiktionary
STROBILE
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
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