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Sea Willow :: Sea willow () A gorgonian coral with long flexible branches.

Sea Fern :: Sea fern () Any gorgonian which branches like a fern.

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..

Sea Fan :: Sea fan () Any gorgonian which branches in a fanlike form, especially Gorgonia flabellum of Florida and the West Indies..

Zoophyte :: Zoophyte (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of invertebrate animals which more or less resemble plants in appearance, or mode of growth, as the corals, gorgonians, sea anemones, hydroids, bryozoans, sponges, etc., especially any of those that form compound colonies having a branched or treelike form, as many corals and hydroids..

Gorgonia :: Gorgonia (n.) Any slender branched gorgonian.

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to the Gorgoniacea; as, gorgonian coral..

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (n.) One of the Gorgoniacea.

Sea Feather :: Sea feather () Any gorgonian which branches in a plumelike form.

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.

Keratophyte :: Keratophyte (n.) A gorgonian coral having a horny axis.

Gorgonian :: Gorgonian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific..

Gorgonean :: Gorgonean (a.) See Gorgonian, 1..

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