coralline
composed of coral or having the structure of coral: coralline limestone.
coral-colored; reddish-yellow; light yellowish-red; pinkish-yellow.
any red algae impregnated with lime.
any of various corallike animals or calcareous algae.
Origin of coralline
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How to use coralline in a sentence
The lower and more coralline the island, the blacker the islanders; the more elevated and volcanic, the lighter.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamWhere the white "coralline" Crag occurs, the pebble bed lies below it.
They are composed of coralline limestone, nowhere exceeding 200 feet above the sea, and are well wooded and tolerably fertile.
Those of the third class are the low coralline islands, usually having lagoons of water in their midst.
The Coral Island | R.M. BallantyneThus are commenced those coralline islets of which you have seen so many in these seas.
The Coral Island | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for coralline
/ (ˈkɒrəˌlaɪn) /
Also: coralloid of, relating to, or resembling coral
of the colour of coral
any of various red algae impregnated with calcium carbonate, esp any of the genus Corallina
any of various animals that resemble coral, such as certain sponges
Origin of coralline
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