coralliformadj.
/kəˈralɪfɔːm/ Having the form of coral.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Anthozoa > resembling coral
coralloid1604
coralloidal1646
coralliform1805
coralline1860
1805 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals 28 Coralloidal orcoralliform, when two or three branches, having rounded or pointed extremities, proceed from one stem.
1826 D. Denham & H. Clapperton Narr. Trav. N. & Central Afr. i. 30 Some curious, tubular, hollow, coralliform productions were picked up in the sand.
1869 Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 333/1 They are coralliform..bodies.
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