单词 | cœnobium |
释义 | cœnobiumcenobiumn. 1. = cœnoby n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > religious foundation celllOE convent?c1225 monasterya1425 cœnobya1475 monks1556 cœnobium1817 reclusory1821 reclusery1835 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) II. xvi. 23 The regiment leaves its quarters, or..monks their Cœnobium. 1860 Sat. Rev. 10 360/2 Mr. Price, who has quitted the cœnobium. 2. Botany. a. The multilocular fruit of Labiatæ and Boraginaceæ. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Cenobium, such fruits as those of labiates, borageworts, etc., which consist of several distinct lobes, not terminated by a style or stigma. b. A structure formed by the union of a number of cells, constituting a stage in the lifehistory of certain Algæ. ΚΠ 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 252 A number of cells unite to form the so-called Cœnobium. 3. Zoology. A cluster of many unicellular animals, i.e. of ‘colonial’ Protozoa in which the individuals remain in organic connection. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > protozoa > [noun] > member of > cluster of colonial protozoa cœnobium1888 1888 Athenæum 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1817 |
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