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red coral

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red coral
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) any of several corals of the genus Corallium, the skeletons of which are pinkish red in colour and used to make ornaments, etc Also called precious coral
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Noun1.red coralred coral - the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
precious coral, coral
opaque gem - a gemstone that is opaque
2.red coral - corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry
gorgonian, gorgonian coral - corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton


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Under his coat he wore a knitted grey vest, and, instead of a collar, a silk scarf of a dark bronze-green, carefully crossed and held together by a red coral pin.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
The one who was leaning in the chair -- that is to say, the joyous, the laughing one -- was a beautiful girl of from eighteen to twenty, with brown complexion and brown hair, splendid, from eyes which sparkled beneath strongly-marked brows, and particularly from her teeth, which seemed to shine like pearls between her red coral lips.
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