Alternative forms

• strobil

Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#STROBILE strobilus (“a pinecone”)Category:English undefined derivations#STROBILE and LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#STROBILE strobilaCategory:English undefined derivations#STROBILE, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#STROBILE στρόβιλος (stróbilos). All senses refer to things that look like, or somewhat like (via fancied resemblance), a pinecone.

Noun

strobile (plural strobiles)Category:English lemmas#STROBILECategory:English nouns#STROBILECategory:English countable nouns#STROBILECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STROBILECategory:Pages with entries#STROBILECategory:Pages with 3 entries#STROBILE

2. (botanyCategory:en:Botany#STROBILE) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.

   Synonyms: strobilus, cone

   Hyponym: pineconeCategory:English links with manual fragments#STROBILE

4. (biologyCategory:en:Biology#STROBILE) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, such as a tapeworm or a jellyfish; one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.

   Synonym: strobilus

6. (zoologyCategory:en:Zoology#STROBILE) A jointed series of segments in the body of an invertebrate.

   Synonym: strobila

References

• “strobile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading

• “strobile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Bristole, Libertos, bit roles

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stʁɔ.bil/Category:French 2-syllable words#STROBILECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#STROBILE

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#STROBILE
• Hyphenation: stro‧bile

Noun

strobile m (plural strobiles)Category:French lemmas#STROBILECategory:French nouns#STROBILECategory:French countable nouns#STROBILECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#STROBILECategory:French masculine nouns#STROBILECategory:Pages with entries#STROBILECategory:Pages with 3 entries#STROBILE

1. strobile

Further reading

• “strobile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstrɔ.bɪ.ɫɛ]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#STROBILECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#STROBILE
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstrɔː.bi.le]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#STROBILECategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#STROBILE
• Hyphenation: stro‧bi‧le

Noun

strobileCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#STROBILECategory:Latin noun forms#STROBILECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#STROBILECategory:Pages with entries#STROBILECategory:Pages with 3 entries#STROBILE

1. vocative singular of strobilus