Definition of Strobil

1. strobile [n -S] - See also: strobile

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strobil

striving
strivingly
strivings
striæ
stroam
stroamed
stroaming
stroams
strobe
strobe light
strobe lights
strobed
strobelike
strobes
strobic
strobil (current term)
strobila
strobilaceous
strobilae
strobilar
strobilate
strobilates
strobilations
strobiles
strobili
strobiliform
strobiline
strobils

Literary usage of Strobil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"An ament, the carpels of which are scale-like, spread open, and bear naked seeds, as the fruit of the pines. strobil'IFORM. ..."

2. Popular and Complete English Dictionary: Exhibiting the Pronunciation by John Boag (1848)
"A channel in a fluted column, S TRO AM, ströme, vi To wander about idly. strobil, strob'Il ... Shaped like a strobil, as a spike. ..."

3. Morphology of Spermatophytes by John Merle Coulter, Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1901)
"Dioon edule, ovulate strobil- us; surface view ; x %.—From photograph taken in Lincoln Park, Chicago. Investigations in reference to the development of the ..."

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