Strobilate

//ˈstɹəʊbɪleɪt//

"Strobilate" in a Sentence (2 examples)

So that’s what we try to do, make them strobilate faster.

These, in turn, reproduce by cloning; when conditions are right, they ‘strobilate’, elongating and splitting into a stack of discs which develop into larvae, and break away to become medusae.

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