coral
Definitions of coral
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marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefstypes:madréporacorals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islandscoral rojocorals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelrytype of:antozoosessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
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a variable color averaging a deep pinktype of:rosaa light shade of red
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a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
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the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
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