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Red coral

noun

The hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry. Synonyms: coral, precious coral.

Corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry.

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"Red coral" Quotes from Famous Books

... Morgan's Men, the flower of Kentucky's youth, in columns of fours—Colonel Hunt's regiment in advance, the colors borne by Renfrew the Silent in a brilliant Zouave jacket studded with buttons of red coral. In the rear rumble two Parrot guns, ...

— The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come • John Fox

... not nearly so great as himself. The name of one of them was Neptune, or Poseidon, and he was the king of the sea. He had a glittering, golden palace far down in the deep sea-caves where the fishes live and the red coral grows; and whenever he was angry the waves would rise mountain high, and the storm-winds would howl fearfully, and the sea would try to break over the land; and men called him the Shaker ...

— Old Greek Stories • James Baldwin

Words linked to "Red coral" : opaque gem, gorgonian, gorgonian coral, coral, precious coral