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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   coral

   • IPA[ˈkôrəl]

   美式

   • n.
     a hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas；precious red coral, used in jewelry

   • noun: coral, plural noun: corals

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a hard stony substance secreted by certain marine coelenterates as an external skeleton, typically forming large reefs in warm seas a coral reef
   • ▪ precious red coral, used in jewelry she was wearing a twisted rope of coral, pearls, and crystal coral beads
   • ▪ the pinkish-red color of red coral colors of earth, coral, and chestnut a coral and white dinner service
   • 2. a sedentary coelenterate of warm and tropical seas, with a calcareous, horny, or soft skeleton. Most corals are colonial and many rely on the presence of green algae in their tissues to obtain energy from sunlight.
   • 3. the unfertilized roe of a lobster or scallop, which is used as food and becomes reddish when cooked we had scallops with their coral, in their fluted shells