COENOCYTE


Meaning of COENOCYTE in English

— coenocytic /see'neuh sit"ik, sen'euh-/ , adj.

/see"neuh suyt', sen"euh-/ , n. Biol.

an organism made up of a multinucleate, continuous mass of protoplasm enclosed by one cell wall, as in some algae and fungi.

[ 1895-1900; COENO- + -CYTE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .