Coral

n. hard colored skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps; reef of such skeletons; anything made of coral (jewelry, etc.); deep pink color; unfertilized eggs of lobster

adj. made of coral; of coral color

Corals are marine animals from the class Anthozoa and exist as small sea anemone-like polyps, typically in colonies of many identical individuals. The group includes the important reef builders that are found in tropical oceans, which secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head", commonly perceived to be a single organism, is actually formed of thousands of individual but genetically identical polyps, each polyp only a few millimeters in diameter. Over thousands of generations, the polyps lay down a skeleton that is characteristic of their species. A head of coral grows by asexual reproduction of the individual polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning, with corals of the same species releasing gametes simultaneously over a period of one to several nights around a full moon.
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Noun
1. a variable color averaging a deep pink
(hypernym) pink
2. the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
(synonym) red coral, precious coral
(hypernym) opaque gem
3. unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
(hypernym) roe, hard roe
(part-holonym) lobster
4. marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
(hypernym) anthozoan, actinozoan
(hyponym) gorgonian, gorgonian coral
Adjective
1. of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
(similar) chromatic

adj. choral

n. choral, choir; coral

n. coral, hard colored skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps; choral, hymn