coenenchym
See also: cœnenchym
English
Alternative forms
- cœnenchym (obsolete)
- coenenchyma
- cœnenchyma (obsolete)
Etymology
coen- + -enchyma
Noun
coenenchym (plural coenenchyms)
- (zoology) The common tissue uniting the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for coenenchym in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)