coral
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- n a variable color averaging a deep pink
- n the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
- n unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
- n marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
- s of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color
- By analyzing coral fossils in Mexico, scientists have concluded that sea levels have risen remarkably fast in the past and may do so again.
- Robert Barefoot's theories about the powers of coral calcium don't hold up.
- One-third of reef-building coral are threatened, scientists say, making corals the Earth's most endangered species.