any of several corals of the genus Corallium, the skeletons of which are pinkish-red in colour and used to make ornaments, etc
Also called: precious coral
red coral in American English
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
Examples of 'red coral' in a sentence
red coral
Discard the beard and use only white meat and red coral.
Conil, Jean & Conil, Christopher (ed) A Passion for Food (1989)