coralline
Corallina pinnatifolia
Meanings
Adjective
- Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
- Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.
Noun
- Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
- An animal that resembles such a coral.
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Origin
- From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium, via Greek probably of Semitic origin.
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