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1. <pathology> Growth, usually benign, protruding from a mucous membrane.
2. <plant biology> The sessile stage of the Cnidarian life cycle, the cylindrical body is attached to the substratum at its lower end and has a mouth surrounded by tentacles bearing nematocysts at the upper end, Hydra and the feeding polyps of the colonial Obelia are examples.
(14 Oct 1997)
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