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Definition of "coralline" []

  • Of, consisting of, or producing coral. (adjective)
  • Resembling coral, especially in color. (adjective)
  • Any of various red algae of the family Corallinaceae whose fronds are covered with calcareous deposits. (noun)
  • Any of various organisms that resemble coral, such as certain bryozoans or hydrozoans. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "coralline" in a sentence
  • "A smaller calculus, which has been called coralline, is also cylindroid, with a number of brown, rough, crystalline oxalate of lime branches and whitish depressions of carbonate."
  • "Hall-Spencer also noted that in acidic seawater a type of algae known as coralline algae - which act as the glue holding coral reefs together - are destroyed."
  • "These species that are found in coral reefs are called coralline algae."