A branching pinkish-red horny coral which is used in jewellery.
红珊瑚
Genus Corallium, order Gorgonacea, class Anthozoa
Example sentencesExamples
Black coral is not a common sight - much of it ends up as jewellery, like the red coral you see in souvenir shops in Tunisia, and of which too little remains in these comparatively shallow waters.
To acquire precious corals, they pull big blocks along the flanks of the seamount and then, using attached nets, capture whatever breaks off.
This drops down 20m, where it breaks up into dustcart-sized rocks covered in brown and red algae, purple and rose-red fronds, sea pens and small red corals.
Black and red corals are protected under the New Zealand Wildlife Act and we were careful not to damage these corals that may have taken hundreds of years to grow.
By contrast, the starboard propeller is lying under the hull, away from the light, and is adorned in soft red corals.
Definition of red coral in US English:
red coral
noun
A branching pinkish-red horny coral which is used in jewelry.
红珊瑚
Genus Corallium, order Gorgonacea, class Anthozoa
Also called precious coral
Example sentencesExamples
Black and red corals are protected under the New Zealand Wildlife Act and we were careful not to damage these corals that may have taken hundreds of years to grow.
To acquire precious corals, they pull big blocks along the flanks of the seamount and then, using attached nets, capture whatever breaks off.
This drops down 20m, where it breaks up into dustcart-sized rocks covered in brown and red algae, purple and rose-red fronds, sea pens and small red corals.
Black coral is not a common sight - much of it ends up as jewellery, like the red coral you see in souvenir shops in Tunisia, and of which too little remains in these comparatively shallow waters.
By contrast, the starboard propeller is lying under the hull, away from the light, and is adorned in soft red corals.