corals

Meanings

Noun

• a variable color averaging a deep pink
• the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry
• unfertilized lobster roe; reddens in cooking; used as garnish or to color sauces
• marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
• plural of coral

Synonyms

coral, precious coral, red coral