strobile

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: strob=ile

CIDE DICTIONARY

strobile, n. [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. : cf. F. strobole.].

•  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]
•  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]
•  Same as Strobila.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

strobile, n.
1 the cone of a pine etc.
2 the layered flower of the hop.

Etymology

F strobile or LL strobilus f. Gk strobilos f. strepho twist