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coralline.

Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.

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Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Of, relating to or pertaining to or resembling red algae of the family Corallinaceae.

  2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the material coral.

  3. Describing rock formed from the skeletons of such algae.

Where this word comes from

From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms. By surface analysis, coral + -ine.

noun
  1. Any calcareous species of red algae of the family Corallinaceae.

  2. An animal that resembles such a coral.

Where this word comes from

From French corallin, from Latin corallinus, from corallium (“coral”), via Greek probably of Semitic origin. The taxonomic sense is a semantic loan from translingual Corallina and related terms. By surface analysis, coral + -ine.

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