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Definition of Strobile
1. Noun. Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts.
Generic synonyms: Reproductive Structure
Specialized synonyms: Fir Cone, Galbulus, Pinecone
Group relationships: Conifer, Coniferous Tree, Horsetail, Club Moss, Club-moss, Lycopod
Derivative terms: Conical
Definition of Strobile
1. n. A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone,
Definition of Strobile
1. Noun. (botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone. ¹
2. Noun. (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. ¹
3. Noun. (zoology) A strobila or jointed segment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strobile
1. the conical, multiple fruit of certain trees [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strobile
Literary usage of Strobile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"The strobile or Cone (Fig. 411), is the peculiar multiple fruit of Pines, Cypresses,
... strobile ..."
2. Botany of the Northern and Middle States; Or A Description of the Plants by Lewis Caleb Beck (1833)
"leaves solitary, 4-sided, every where scattered, erect, straight; strobile ovate ;
scales elliptical, undulate on the max- gin, ..."
3. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... Accessory (580), or Multiple (583) fruits, except that of strobile. SIMPLE FRUITS
are Dry and dehiscent, ..."
4. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"The strobile or Cone (Pig. 411), is the peculiar multiple fruit of Pines, Cypresses,
and the like: hence named Conifera, viz. cone-bearin,* FiG. 401. ..."
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