| gastroboletus | (n) a genus of fungi belonging to the family Secotiaceae; they resemble boletes but the spores are not discharged from the basidium, Syn. genus Gastroboletus |
| gastroboletus scabrosus | (n) a dingy yellow brown fungus with a rough stalk that superficially resembles a bolete |
| gastroboletus turbinatus | (n) a fungus with a cap that can vary from red to dark brown; superficially resembles a bolete |
| lagarostrobus | (n) genus of dioecious evergreen trees of New Zealand and Tasmania; similar to genus Dacrydium, Syn. genus Lagarostrobus |
| microstrobos | (n) 2 species of small evergreen shrubs of Australia and Tasmania, Syn. genus Microstrobos |
| strobilomyces | (n) fungi similar to Boletus but with a shaggy scaly cap, Syn. genus Strobilomyces |
| stroboscope | (n) scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary, Syn. strobe, strobe light |
| american white pine | (n) tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree, Syn. weymouth pine, Pinus strobus, eastern white pine |
| cone | (n) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts, Syn. strobilus, strobile |
| exobiology | (n) the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life, Syn. space biology, astrobiology |
| huon pine | (n) Tasmanian timber tree with yellow aromatic wavy-grained wood used for carving and ship building; sometimes placed in genus Dacrydium, Syn. Lagarostrobus franklinii, Dacrydium franklinii |
| old-man-of-the-woods | (n) edible mild-tasting mushroom found in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America, Syn. Strobilomyces floccopus |
| southwestern white pine | (n) medium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature, Syn. Pinus strobiformis |
| tasman dwarf pine | (n) small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches, Syn. Microstrobos niphophilus |
| westland pine | (n) timber tree of New Zealand having shiny white wood, Syn. silver pine, Lagarostrobus colensoi |
| astrobiology | n. exobiology; -- not used technically.
Syn. -- exobiology. [ PJC ] |
| Strobila | ‖n.; pl. Strobilae [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; anything twisted, a pine cone. ] (Zool.) (a) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae. (b) A mature tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strobilaceous | a. [ See Strobila. ] (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone. (b) Producing strobiles. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strobilation | n. (Zool.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strobile | 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 ] |
| Strobiliform | a. Shaped like a strobile. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Strobiline | a. Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Stroboscope | n. [ Gr. &unr_; a whirling + -scope. ] 1. An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope. [ 1913 Webster ] |
