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单词 red coral
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Definition of red coral in English:

red coral

(also precious coral)
noun
  • A branching pinkish-red horny coral which is used in jewellery.

    Genus Corallium, order Gorgonacea, class Anthozoa

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Black coral is not a common sight - much of it ends up as jewellery, like the red coral you see in souvenir shops in Tunisia, and of which too little remains in these comparatively shallow waters.
    • To acquire precious corals, they pull big blocks along the flanks of the seamount and then, using attached nets, capture whatever breaks off.
    • This drops down 20m, where it breaks up into dustcart-sized rocks covered in brown and red algae, purple and rose-red fronds, sea pens and small red corals.
    • Black and red corals are protected under the New Zealand Wildlife Act and we were careful not to damage these corals that may have taken hundreds of years to grow.
    • By contrast, the starboard propeller is lying under the hull, away from the light, and is adorned in soft red corals.
 
 

Definition of red coral in US English:

red coral

noun
  • A branching pinkish-red horny coral which is used in jewelry.

    Genus Corallium, order Gorgonacea, class Anthozoa

    Also called precious coral
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Black and red corals are protected under the New Zealand Wildlife Act and we were careful not to damage these corals that may have taken hundreds of years to grow.
    • To acquire precious corals, they pull big blocks along the flanks of the seamount and then, using attached nets, capture whatever breaks off.
    • This drops down 20m, where it breaks up into dustcart-sized rocks covered in brown and red algae, purple and rose-red fronds, sea pens and small red corals.
    • Black coral is not a common sight - much of it ends up as jewellery, like the red coral you see in souvenir shops in Tunisia, and of which too little remains in these comparatively shallow waters.
    • By contrast, the starboard propeller is lying under the hull, away from the light, and is adorned in soft red corals.
 
 
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