strobe

n. [ L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. &unr_;: 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Same as Strobila. [ 1913 Webster ]