coral : Idioms & Phrases

• noun small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
  Aspidelaps lubricus.
  

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• noun of India
  

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• noun small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red
  Rhynchoelaps australis.
  

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• noun a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
  battle of the Coral Sea.
  

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• noun massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface
  

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• (Zoöl), a massive reef-building coral having the surface covered by ridges separated by furrows so as to resemble somewhat the surface of the brain, esp. such corals of the genera Mæandrina and Diploria.

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• . See under Brain.

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• (Zoöl.), a fossil coral of the genus Halysites, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.

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• noun small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered
  cry-baby tree; Erythrina crista-galli; ceibo; crybaby tree.
  

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• (Zoöl.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects.

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• noun shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans
  frijolito; Sophora secundiflora; frijolillo; mescal bean.
  

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• noun deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds
  Erythrina corallodendrum.
  

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• noun Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers
  flame bush; Templetonia retusa.
  

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• noun half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
  Bessera elegans.
  

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• . See in the Vocabulary.

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• noun any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral
  

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• noun low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States
  Lotus berthelotii.
  

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• noun evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coral-red or orange flowers
  Lonicera sempervirens; trumpet vine; trumpet honeysuckle; trumpet flower.
  

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• noun glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas
  Illecebrum verticullatum.
  

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• noun any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers
  

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• noun a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
  coral reef.
  

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• noun a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
  coral reef.
  

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• (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll.

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• noun a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
  

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• (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid.

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• noun an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia
  
• noun a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
  battle of the Coral Sea.
  

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• noun any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
  coral snake.
  
• noun any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America
  coral snake; harlequin-snake.
  

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• . (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale).

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• noun any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental
  erythrina.
  

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• (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.

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• noun prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania
  Kennedia coccinea.
  

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• a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath.

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Cor"al-rag` noun

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1. (geol.) Same as Corallian.

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• adjective satellite of red tinged with coral
  

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• noun European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
  Dentaria bulbifera; coralwort; coralroot; Cardamine bulbifera.
  

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• noun East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  coralwood; Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; red sandalwood; peacock flower fence.
  

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• noun orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins; southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States
  Hexalectris spicata.
  

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• noun plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips; northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska
  Corallorhiza trifida; early coral root.
  

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• noun ranges from Central America to southeastern United States
  Micrurus fulvius.
  

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• noun corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton
  gorgonian.
  

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• noun small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
  Erythrina variegata; Erythrina Indica.
  

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• noun corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
  madrepore; madriporian coral.
  

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• noun flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached)
  

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• (Zoöl.), any coral of the genus Fungia. See Fungia.

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• noun any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white; widely distributed in South America and Central America
  coral snake; harlequin-snake.
  

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• noun any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia
  coral snake.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Tubipora.

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• noun plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips; northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska
  Corallorhiza trifida; early coral root.
  

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• noun the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
  coral; precious coral.
  

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• noun the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
  coral; precious coral.
  
• noun corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry
  

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• (Zoöl.), the precious coral (Corallium rubrum). See Illusts. of Coral and Gorgonlacea.

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• noun common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips; Guatemala to Canada
  Corallorhiza maculata.
  

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• noun large branching coral resembling antlers
  stag's-horn coral.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large branching corals of the genus Madrepora, which somewhat resemble the antlers of the stag, especially Madrepora cervicornis, and M. palmata, of Florida and the West Indies.

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• noun large branching coral resembling antlers
  stag's-horn coral.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to Astræa, Orbicella, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa.

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• (Zoöl.), any hard calcareous coral.

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• noun corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands
  madrepore; madriporian coral.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.

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• noun nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
  Corallorhiza striata.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Tubipore.

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• noun vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
  Hardenbergia comnptoniana.
  

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• noun ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
  Micruroides euryxanthus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), an ornamental branched coral (Amphihelia oculata) native of the Mediterranean.

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