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