CORALLINE

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.

2.
n.

A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.

3.
n.

Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.


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