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coral

noun
/ˈkɒɹəl/UK/ˈkɔɚɹəl/US/ˈkɔɹəl/

Etymology

From Old French coral (French corail), from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”). Probably ultimately of Semitic origin, compare Hebrew גּוֹרָל (goral, “small pebble”), Arabic جَرَل (jaral, “small stone”), originally referring to the red variety found in the Mediterranean. Since ancient times, a common folk etymology, accepted by some earlier scholars, connected the word instead to Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē) (referring to Medusa). Beekes mentions both theories and considers the Semitic one convincing.

  1. derived from κοράλλιον
  2. derived from corallium
  3. derived from coral

Definitions

  1. Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build…

    Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.

  2. A hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.

  3. A somewhat yellowish orange-pink color

    A somewhat yellowish orange-pink color; the color of red coral (Corallium rubrum) of the Mediterranean Sea, commonly used as an ornament or gem.

    • The coral faded even from her lips, till they were as white as Leo's face, and quivered pitifully.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. The ovaries of a cooked lobster

      The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their color.

    2. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by…

      A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

      • On the very chair which I used to occupy when I was at work Marian was sitting now, with the child industriously sucking his coral upon her lap.

    3. Made of coral.

    4. Having the orange-pink color of coral.

    5. Obsolete form of corral.

    6. A census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.

    7. A female given name from English.

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Derived

angel skin coral, bamboo coral, black coral, blue coral, brain coral, brainstone coral, branch coral, brush coral, bubblegum coral, burrowing false coral, cactus coral, cauliflower coral, chain coral, club finger coral, coral aloe, coral bean, coral bells, coral berry, coralberry, coral bleaching, coralbush, coral catshark, coral creeper, coraled, coral fern, coralfish, coral fungus, Coral Gables, coral heath, coral insect, coralise, coralize, coral island, corallaceous, coraller, corallet, corallian, coralliferous, coralliform, coralligenous · +86 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at coral. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at coral. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at coral

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA