strobile
A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such…A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.
Meaning
3 sensesA scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.
An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, such as a tapeworm or a jellyfish; one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
A jointed series of segments in the body of an invertebrate.
- cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
Origin
From Latin strobilus (“a pinecone”) and Latin strobila, from Ancient Greek στρόβιλος (stróFrom Latin strobilus (“a pinecone”) and Latin strobila, from Ancient Greek στρόβιλος (stróbilos). All senses refer to things that look like, or somewhat like (via fancied resemblance), a pinecone.
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