coral·lí — meaning in English

English meaning

• coral noun A hard, often colourful structure built by tiny marine animals, or the animals themselves, that forms reefs in warm seas.
• coralline adj Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.

Senses

coral·lí is used for these senses in English:

• coral Made of coral.
• coral Having the orange-pink color of coral.
• coral (countable) A somewhat yellowish orange-pink color; the color of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.
• coralline Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.

coral — full definition

1. noun A hard, often colourful structure built by tiny marine animals, or the animals themselves, that forms reefs in warm seas.
2. noun A yellowish-pink colour resembling that of red coral.
3. adj Having the yellowish-pink colour of coral, or made from coral.

coralline — full definition

1. adj Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.
2. adj Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.
3. adj Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.

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