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coralliform, a.|kəˈrælɪfɔːm|
[f. as prec. + -form.]
Having the form of coral.
1805–17R. Jameson Char. Min. (ed. 3) 94 Coralloidal or coralliform. When two or three branches, having rounded or pointed extremities, proceed from one stem. 1826D. Denham, etc. Trav. i. 30 Some curious, tubular, hollow, coralliform productions were picked up in the sand. 1869Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 333/1 They are coralliform..bodies. |