coralline adjective & noun². ['kɒrǝlʌɪn] M17.
[French corallin, -ine or late Latin corallinus, from Latin corallum CORAL noun: see -INE¹.]
A. adjective.
1. Of the colour of red coral. M17.

2. Of the nature of coral; formed of or from coral. M17.
■ John Phillips Coralline oolite and calcareous grits.

3. Resembling coral; spec. (of an alga) belonging to the family Corallinaceae (see CORALLINE noun¹ 1). M19.
b. noun. Coral. L18.

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coralline noun¹. ['kɒrǝlʌɪn] M16.
[Italian corallina dim. of corallo CORAL noun.]
1. A seaweed of the genus Corallina (family Corallinaceae), having a calcareous jointed stem; any plant of the family Corallinaceae, which comprises lime-secreting red algae. M16.

2. A marine animal, esp. a bryozoan, which lives in colonies resembling coral. E18.

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