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coralline

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cor·al·line  (kôr-ln, -ln, kr-)
adj.
1. Of, consisting of, or producing coral.
2. Resembling coral, especially in color.
n.
1. Any of various red algae of the family Corallinaceae whose fronds are covered with calcareous deposits.
2. Any of various organisms that resemble coral, such as certain bryozoans or hydrozoans.

[French corallin, from Late Latin corallnus, from Latin corallium, coral; see coral.]

coralline [ˈkɒrəˌlaɪn]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Also coralloid of, relating to, or resembling coral
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour of coral
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various red algae impregnated with calcium carbonate, esp any of the genus Corallina
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various animals that resemble coral, such as certain sponges
[from Late Latin corallīnus coral red, from Latin corāllium coral]


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As to the vessel, it moved not, and was immovable, as if the coralline polypi had already walled it up with their in destructible cement.
They crimped and curled her hair, they polished her neck and arms with some fragrant powder, touched her lips with coralline salve to make them redder, and Hortense would have added `a soupcon of rouge', if Meg had not rebelled.
It is remarkable that in all the different kinds of glowworms, shining elaters, and various marine animals (such as the crustacea, medusae, nereidae, a coralline of the genus Clytia, and Pyrosma), which I have observed, the light has been of a well-marked green colour.
 
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