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coral red

Variant of coral

noun

  1. the hard, stony skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps (class Anthozoa) and often deposited in extensive masses forming reefs and atolls in tropical seas
  2. any such polyp (esp. order Scleractinia) living singly or in large colonies
  3. a piece of coral, esp. the red kind used in jewelry
  4. the mature ovaries of the lobster
  5. a yellowish red or yellowish pink
    also called coral red or coral pink

adjective

  1. made of coral
  2. coral-red or coral-pink

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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