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.

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.

3. (Zoöl.) Same as Strobila.

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.

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.

3. (Zoöl.) Same as Strobila.