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Coralloid :: Coralloid (a.) Having the form of coral; branching like coral.

Sclerodermata :: Sclerodermata (n. pl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.

Pennatulacea :: Pennatulacea (n. pl.) A division of alcyonoid corals, including the seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria..

Celluloid :: Celluloid (n.) A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite..

Tetracoralla :: Tetracoralla (n. pl.) Same as Rugosa.

Corallite :: Corallite (n.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral..

Vesicular :: Vesicular (a.) Containing, or composed of, vesicles or vesiclelike structures; covered with vesicles or bladders; vesiculate; as, vesicular coral; vesicular lava; a vesicular leaf..

Meandrina :: Meandrina (n.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals..

Coralline :: Coralline (a.) Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone..

Eschara :: Eschara (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched..

Bird Pepper :: Bird pepper () A species of capsicum (Capsicum baccatum), whose small, conical, coral-red fruit is among the most piquant of all red peppers..

Atoll :: Atoll (n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island..

Adnate :: Adnate (a.) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.

Lithogenous :: Lithogenous (a.) Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

Porite :: Porite (n.) Any coral of the genus Porites, or family Poritidae..

Coralligenous :: Coralligenous (a.) producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous.

Coral :: Coral (n.) The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.

Synarchy :: Synapticula (n.) One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals..

Cellepore :: Cellepore (n.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa..

Coenenchyma :: Coenenchyma (n.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.

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