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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone.
2. 2
   cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts wordnet
3. 3
   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.
4. 4
   A strobila or jointed segment.

Synonyms

All synonyms

amentconeconeheadpine conespike

Etymology

From Latin strobilus (“a pine cone”) and Latin strobila, from Ancient Greek στρόβιλος (stróbilos).

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