precious coral.
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Precious coral — Corallium rubrum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
precious coral — noun the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry • Syn: ↑coral, ↑red coral • Hypernyms: ↑opaque gem … Useful english dictionary
precious coral. — See red coral. [1905 10] … Useful english dictionary
Precious Stones in the Bible — Precious Stones in the Bible † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Precious Stones in the Bible Precious stones are stones remarkable for their colour, brilliancy, or rarity. Such stones have at all times been held in high esteem everywhere,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Coral sand — from a beach on Aruba Coral sand is sand of particles originating in tropical and sub tropical marine environments from bioerosion of limestone skeletal material of marine organisms. One example of this process is that of parrot fishes which bite … Wikipedia
Coral (precious) — Taxobox name = Precious coral image width = 250px image caption = Corallium rubrum regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Anthozoa subclassis = Alcyonaria ordo = Gorgonacea familia = Coralliidae genus = CoralliumPrecious coral or red coral … Wikipedia
Coral — For other uses, see Coral (disambiguation). Coral Pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindricus Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
coral — corallike, adj. /kawr euhl, kor /, n. 1. the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps. 2. such skeletons collectively, forming reefs, islands, etc. 3. the solitary or colonial polyp that secretes this… … Universalium
Coral — /kawr euhl, kor /, n. a female given name. * * * I Any of about 2,300 species of marine cnidarians in the class Anthozoa that are characterized by stonelike, horny, or leathery skeletons (external or internal). The skeletons of these animals are… … Universalium
Coral reef — Marine habitats Biodiversity of a coral reef Lit … Wikipedia
