English Explanatory Dictionary

coralline

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
  2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
  3. Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.
noun
  1. Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
  2. An animal that resembles such a coral.

Word forms

coralline more coralline most coralline corallines

Etymology

From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms. By surface analysis, coral + -ine.

Synonyms

coral coralloid coralloidal

Derived words

coralline sponge corallinite corralline bedding noncoralline
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