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‖ cœnobium, cen-|siːˈnəʊbɪəm|
Pl. cœnobia.
[late L. cœnobium, a. Gr. κοινόβιον life in community, (in eccl. writers) convent, neut. of κοινόβιος living in community, f. κοινός common + βίος life, way of living.]
1. = cœnoby.
1817Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) II. xvi. 23 The regiment leaves its quarters, or..monks their Cœnobium. 1860Sat. Rev. X. 360/2 Mr. Price, who has quitted the cœnobium.
2. Bot.
a. The multilocular fruit of Labiatæ and Boraginaceæ.
b. A structure formed by the union of a number of cells, constituting a stage in the lifehistory of certain Algæ.
1866Treas. Bot., Cenobium, such fruits as those of labiates, borageworts, etc., which consist of several distinct lobes, not terminated by a style or stigma. 1882Vines Sachs's Bot. 252 A number of cells unite to form the so-called Cœnobium.
3. Zool. A cluster of many unicellular animals, i.e. of ‘colonial’ Protozoa in which the individuals remain in organic connexion.
1888Athenæum 29 Dec. 886/2 It was shown that its zoo⁓spores may sometimes escape as cœnobia, like a degenerate Volvocinean which has exchanged the motile for the fixed condition. |