Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Coenenchym \C[oe]*nen"chym\, Coenenchyma \C[oe]*nen"chy*ma\n.
   [NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. ? common + ? something poured in.
   Formed like parenchyma.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a
   compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less
   ossified. See {Coral}.