Zool. Also -yme, and in L. form cœnenchyma. [f. Gr. κοιν-ός common + ἔγχυμα infusion.] a. The calcareous frame-work by which a number of corallites are united into one corallum. b. The common or soft flesh (cœnosarc) of a compound Anthozoan.
1875. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim. (1877), 155. (Corallina), A substance formed by the calcification of the cœnosarc, which is termed cœnenchyma.
1884. Sedgwick & Heathcote, trans. Claus’ Elem. Text-bk. Zool., 227. As a rule the individuals are imbedded in a common body mass, the cœnenchym, and their gastric cavities communicate more or less directly, so that the juices acquired in the individual polyps penetrate into the collected stock.
