colpenchyma

[Gr. kolpos =(1) the bosom, (2) the bosom-like fold of a garment; enchyma =an infusion.] Bot.: The name given posed of wavy me sinuby Morrent to ti ue come epidermis of some plants. He arranges it as a sub division of Parenchyma (q. v.). *col-phěg, v . t . [Appar. a corruption of cola phize (q. v.).] To box, to cudgel. "Away, jackanapes, els I wyll colpheg you by and by." Damon and Pith., O. Pl., i. 209. col-po-çêle, s . [Gr. kolpos =the bosom; kēlē =a tumor.] Med.: The same as ELYTROCELE (q. v.). ( Ogilvie .) col-pod-a, s. [Abbreviated from Mod. Lat. col podea (?).] Zool.: A genus of Infusoria, the typical one of the family Colpodea or Colpodina (q. v.). Colpodea cucullus is common in infusions of hay, and there are other species. podes =embosomed, embayed: kolpos =bosom, and eidos =form.] Zool .: A family of Infusoria, founded by Ehrenberg, the same as Colpodina of Claparède and Lachmann. [COLPODINA.]