Chapter Corallaceous to Core of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Corallaceous to Core

Corallaceous
(Cor`al*la"ceous) a. Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.

Corallian
(Co*ral"li*an) n. (Geol.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the oölite; — called also coral- rag.

Coralliferous
(Cor`al*lif"er*ous) a. [L. corallum coral + -ferous.] Containing or producing coral.

Coralliform
(Cor"al*li*form) a. [L. corallum coral + -form.] resembling coral in form.

Coralligena
(||Cor`al*lig"e*na) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zoöl.) Same as Anthozoa.

Coralligenous
(Cor`al*lig"e*nous) a. producing coral; coralligerous; coralliferous. Humble.

Coralligerous
(Cor`al*lig"er*ous) a. [L. corallum coral + -gerous.] Producing coral; coralliferous.

Corallin
(Cor"al*lin) n. [So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic.

Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; — called also pæonin. — Yellow corallin. See Aurin.

Coralline
(Cor"al*line) a. [Cf. L. corallinus coralred.] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.

Coralline
(Cor"al*line), n. [Cf. F. coralline.]

1. (Bot.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.

2. (Zoöl.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; — sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Corallinite
(Cor"al*lin*ite) n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline.

Corallite
(Cor"al*lite) n. [L. corallum coral.]

1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [Written also corallet.]

Coralloid
(Cor"al*loid) a. [L. corallum coral + -oid: cf. F. coralloïde.] Having the form of coral; branching like coral.

Coralloidal
(Cor`al*loid"al) a. resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne.

Corallum
(||Co*ral"lum) n. [L.] (Zoöl.) The coral or skeleton of a zoöphyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.

Coral-rag
(Cor"al-rag`) n. (geol.) Same as Corallian.

Coralwort
(Cor"al*wort`) n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; — called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.

Coranach
(Cor"a*nach) n. [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]