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strobe light |
strobila |
strobilaceous |
strobilation |
strobile
| strobiliform
| strobiline
| strobilomyces
| strobilomyces floccopus
| strobilus
strobile
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun strobile has 1 sense
- strobile(n = noun.plant) cone, strobilus - cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts; Array is a kind of reproductive structure
has particulars: fir cone, galbulus, pinecone
is a part of conifer, coniferous tree, horsetail, club-moss, club moss, lycopod
CIDE DICTIONARY
strobile, n. [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. : cf. F. strobole.].
- 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] - 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]
- Same as Strobila. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
strobile, n.
1 the cone of a pine etc.
2 the layered flower of the hop.
1 the cone of a pine etc.
2 the layered flower of the hop.
Etymology
F strobile or LL strobilus f. Gk strobilos f. strepho twist
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