corˈalline adjective

Of, like or containing coral

1. A red alga with a delicate pinkish or purplish colour
2. A coral-like substance or animal

corˈallite noun

1. The cup of a simple coral or of one polyp
2. A fossil coral

corˈalloid or coralloidˈal adjective

1. In the form of coral
2. Resembling coral

corallum /-alˈ/ noun (pl corallˈa)

The skeleton of a coral colony

coral berry noun

An American shrub of the snowberry genus, or its red berry

coral fern noun

A type of Australian fern with fronds shaped like branching coral

corˈal-fish noun

Any of several kinds of tropical, spiny-finned fish which inhabit coral reefs

coral flower noun

Any flowering plant of the N American genus Heuchera, of the family Saxifragaceae, typically having heart-shaped evergreen leaves and bell-shaped flowers on slender stems

coral island noun

An island formed from coral

Coralline Crag noun (geology)

A division of the English Pliocene, shelly sands and clays with fossil polyzoa

Coralline Oolite noun

A massive limestone underlying the Coral Rag

Coral Rag noun

A coarse limestone rock formed chiefly of coral in the Corallian formation

coral reef noun

A reef or bank formed by the growth and deposit of coral

corˈal-rock noun

A limestone composed of coral

corˈalroot noun

1. A species of Cardamine with knobbed root stock
2. An orchid of the genus Corallorhiza with branching coral-like roots

coral snake noun

1. A venomous American elapid snake of the genus Micrurus and related genera
2. Any of various brightly-coloured snakes of Africa and Asia

coral spot noun

A fungus (Nectria cinnabarina) that usu lives on dead twigs but may become parasitic if it enters living shoots, killing branches and occasionally whole trees

coral tree noun

A tree or shrub of the tropical genus Erythrina, with red coral-like flowers

corˈalwort noun

Coralroot, in either sense