strobile

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strobile

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From 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.

noun strobiles · strobil

A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.
Similar: strobilus, cone
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.
Similar: strobilus
A jointed series of segments in the body of an invertebrate.
Similar: strobila

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@misc{strobile_2026,
  title = {strobile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/strobile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}