coral

coral [-s] adj

see coral, n.

1. Yellowish-red; rock-like sea deposit; marine structure of carbonate of lime and animal matter; [fig.] frilly; jagged; ruffled; zigzagged.

coral [-s] n

OFr < Gk. κοράλλιον, red coral.

1. Ocean deposit; [metonymy] reef; [fig.] side of a volcano crater.