A coenocyte (from Greek: κοινός (koinos) = `common` + κύτος (kytos) = `box, i.e. cell`) is a multinucleate cell which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without their accompanying cytokinesis, in contrast to a syncytium which results from cellular aggregation followed by dissolution of the cell membranes inside the mass. The...
A multinucleate cell; a protoplast in which the nuclear divisions have not been followed by cytoplasmic cleavage. 
<biology> Organism that is not subdivided into cells but has many nuclei within a mass of cytoplasm (a syncytium), as for example some fungi and algae and the acellular slime mould Physarum. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... 
A number of united protoplasts, forming a single large cell containing several or many nuclei and continuous cytoplasm, surrounded by a common wall.
Type: Term Pronunciation: sē′nō-sīt Synonyms: cenocyte
multinucleated eukaryotic cell that forms as a result of multiple rounds of nuclear division without the accompanying division of the plasma membrane
an organism made up of a multinucleate, continuous mass of protoplasm enclosed by one cell wall, as in some algae and fungi.