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Definition of: strobile
(strob′il) noun Bot.
1. A multiple fruit consisting of an oblong, oval, or conical mass of dry imbricated scales, as in the pines, spruces, firs, etc.; a cone.
2. A cone–shaped mass of sporophylls producing spore cases, as in the horsetails, clubmosses, etc. Also strob′il. [See STROBILA]
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