\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.