alcyonium

== English == === Etymology === From the genus name. === Noun === alcyonium (plural alcyoniums) (zoology) Any of the soft corals of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps are somewhat flower-like. === References === “alcyonium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.