[1] : 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. same as strobila.
      1913 webster
see also:
strobil cone strobila 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

strobile
     n : cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
         syn: cone, strobilus
see also:
cone strobilus 

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