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What is a strobile?

What is a strobile? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone.
  2. (zoology) A strobila or jointed segment.
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The base of the scales of the strobile are covered with a yellowish powder, consisting of resin-bearing glands, known as lupulin.
The strobile measured only two or three inches in length, and showed a uniserial disposition of the reproductive pores.
Whilst Tnia plicata acquires a length of three feet, the strobile of T. perfoliata never exceeds five inches.

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