polyp
(noun) one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; “in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase”
polyp, polypus
(noun) a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
Source: WordNet® 3.1
polyp (plural polyps)
(medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
(zoology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles
• loppy
Source: Wiktionary
Pol"yp, n. Etym: [L. polypus, Gr. polype. See Poly- and Foot, and cf. Polypode, Polypody, Poulp.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. (b) One of the Anthozoa. (c) pl.
Definition: Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. [Written also polype.] Fresh-water polyp, the hydra.
– Polyp stem (Zoöl.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
