(Corallium nobile)

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• Korallen — Korallen, I. Corallia, Abtheilung der Pflanzenthiere aus der Klasse der Polypen. Es gibt nämlich Polypen, die nicht aus einer, sondern aus zwei verschiedenen Substanzen bestehen, indem sie entweder eine härtere im Innern enthalten od. von einer… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• coral — [14] Coral may ultimately be of Semitic origin (Hebrew gōrāl ‘pebble’ has been compared), but the first record we have of it is as Greek korállion, which came to English via Latin corallum or corallium and Old French coral. Until the 17th century …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• coral — [14] Coral may ultimately be of Semitic origin (Hebrew gōrāl ‘pebble’ has been compared), but the first record we have of it is as Greek korállion, which came to English via Latin corallum or corallium and Old French coral. Until the 17th century …   Word origins

• Edelkoralle — Edelkoralle, 1) die Gattung Isis, deren Stamm kalkige, längsgefurchte Glieder zwischen hornartigen Verengerungen (Zwischenknoten) u. zerstreute Aste hat; Art: I. hippuris; vgl. Isis; 2) so v.w. Blutkoralle, Corallium nobile s. rubrum …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• red coral — n. any of various gorgonian corals of warm seas; esp., a species (Corallium nobile) often taken from the Mediterranean region, whose smooth, hard, blood red skeleton is used for jewelry …   English World dictionary

• corallo — 1co·ràl·lo s.m., s.m.inv., agg.inv. 1. s.m. AD materiale costituito dallo scheletro di piccoli animali marini, di colore dal bianco al rosso, usato per fabbricare monili e altri oggetti d ornamento: una collana, un ciondolo, una statuina di… …   Dizionario italiano

• red coral — any of several alcyonarian corals of the genus Corallium, as C. nobile, of the Mediterranean Sea, having a red or pink skeleton, used for jewelry. Also called precious coral. [1275 1325; ME] * * * …   Universalium

• red coral — red′ cor′al n. ivt any of several corals of the genus Corallium, as C. nobile, of the Mediterranean Sea, that has a red or pink skeleton and is used for jewelry • Etymology: 1275–1325 …   From formal English to slang