Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sclerobase \Scler"o*base\ (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard +
   ba`sis base.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or
   axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also {foot
   secretion}. See Illust. under {Gorgoniacea}, and
   {C[oe]nenchyma}. -- {Scler`o*ba"sic}, a.