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coralline

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cor⋅al⋅line

  [kawr-uh-lin, -lahyn, kor-]
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–adjective
1. composed of coral or having the structure of coral: coralline limestone.
2. corallike.
3. coral-colored; reddish-yellow; light yellowish-red; pinkish-yellow.
–noun
4. any red algae impregnated with lime.
5. any of various corallike animals or calcareous algae.
Origin:
1535–45; < LL corallīnus coral red. See coral, -ine 1
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cor·al·line   (kôr'ə-lĭn, -līn', kŏr'-)   
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 corallīnus, from Latin corallium, coral; see coral.]
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