brain coral
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noun
any of several reef-building corals of the genus Meandrina, having a highly convoluted and furrowed surface.
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Nearby words
brain, brain candy, brain cell, brain child, brain concussion, brain coral, brain damage, brain death, brain drain, brain fart, brain fever
Origin of brain coral
First recorded in 1700–10
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Examples from the Web for brain coral
This species is commonly known as brain-coral or brain-stone.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide|Augusta Foote Arnold
British Dictionary definitions for brain coral
brain coral
noun
a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain
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