strobile

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

strobile
    n 1: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or
         bracts [syn: {cone}, {strobilus}, {strobile}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Strobile \Strob"ile\, n. [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. ?: cf.
   F. strobole.] [Written also {strobil}.]
   1. (Bot.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening
      of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone.
      See {Cone}, n., 3.
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   2. (Biol.) An individual asexually producing sexual
      individuals differing from itself also in other respects,
      as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in
      metagenesis.
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   3. (Zool.) Same as {Strobila}.
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