Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a strobile; strobiliform: as, strobiloid gemmation; strobiloid buds.
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According to Bronn, the ideal fundamental form of the plant is an ovoid or strobiloid [312] body, for a plant reaches out in two directions in search of food -- towards the sun and towards the earth.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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Actinozoa include such animals as the Coelentera, which are fixed, and the Echinoderms, which have a central point and move indifferently along any radial axis; their form differs from the strobiloid mainly in having radiate rather than spiral symmetry.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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