coenenchym

See also: cœnenchym

English

Alternative forms

• cœnenchym (obsolete)
• coenenchyma
• cœnenchyma (obsolete)

Etymology

coen- +‎ -enchyma

Noun

coenenchym (plural coenenchyms)

1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)