coralline

/kawr-uh-lin, -lahyn, kor-/US // ˈkɔr ə lɪn, -ˌlaɪn, ˈkɒr- //UK // (ˈkɒrəˌlaɪn) //

珊瑚礁,珊瑚,珊瑚礁类

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : composed of coral or having the structure of coral: coralline limestone.
- : corallike.
- : coral-colored; reddish-yellow; light yellowish-red; pinkish-yellow.

n.名词 noun

1
- : any red algae impregnated with lime.
- : any of various corallike animals or calcareous algae.

The lower and more coralline the island, the blacker the islanders; the more elevated and volcanic, the lighter.
Where the white "Coralline" Crag occurs, the pebble bed lies below it.
They are composed of coralline limestone, nowhere exceeding 200 feet above the sea, and are well wooded and tolerably fertile.
Those of the third class are the low coralline islands, usually having lagoons of water in their midst.
Thus are commenced those coralline islets of which you have seen so many in these seas.