coenocyte


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coenocyte /ˈsiːnəʊsʌɪt/
noun Botany a body of algal or fungal cytoplasm containing several nuclei, enclosed in a single membrane.
– derivatives
coenocytic /-ˈsɪtɪk/ adjective.
– origin early 20th cent.: from Gk koinos ‘common’ + -cyte.
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