Definition of gorgonia

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Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis..

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Sea Fern :: Sea fern () Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.
Sea Fan :: Sea fan () Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies..
Gorgonean :: Gorgonean (a.) See Gorgonian, 1..
Corticifer :: Corticifer (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark..
Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.
Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.
Lithophyte :: Lithophyte (n.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals..
Isis :: Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..
Sclerobase :: Sclerobase (n.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma..
Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.
Stem :: Stem (n.) The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian..
Sea Whip :: Sea whip () A gorgonian having a simple stem.
Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific..
Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral..
Pinnule :: Pinnule (n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid..
Keratophyte :: Keratophyte (n.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.
Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis..
Gorgonacea :: Gorgonacea (n. pl.) See Gorgoniacea.
Gorgoniacea :: Gorgoniacea (n. pl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated..
Sea Willow :: Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.
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