Corallium

noun

Co·​ral·​li·​um

kəˈralēəm

: a genus (the type of the family Coralliidae) of corals having the skeletal axis very hard and red or pink and including the red coral of commerce

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, coral

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