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Definition of precious coral - 2 dictionary results

red coral

–noun
any of several alcyonarian corals of the genus Corallium, as C. nobile, of the Mediterranean Sea, having a red or pink skeleton, used for jewelry.
Also called precious coral.


Origin:
1275–1325; ME
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