\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. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Strobila}.