Coral Sea
battle of the Coral Sea | a Japanese defeat in World War II (May ), the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers |
coral snake harlequin-snake
New World coral snake | any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white, widely distributed in South America and Central America |
eastern coral snake
Micrurus fulvius | ranges from Central America to southeastern United States |
western coral snake
Micruroides euryxanthus | ranges from Central America to southwestern United States |
| coral snake Old World coral snake | any of various venomous elapid snakes of Asia and Africa and Australia |
| Asian coral snake | of India |
African coral snake
Aspidelaps lubricus | small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange |
Australian coral snake
Rhynchoelaps australis | small venomous but harmless snake marked with black-and-white on red |
| coral | marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton, masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs |
gorgonian
gorgonian coral | corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton |
| red coral | corals of especially the Mediterranean having pink or red color used for ornaments and jewelry |
stony coral
madrepore
madriporian coral | corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands |
| brain coral | massive reef-building coral having a convoluted and furrowed surface |
staghorn coral
stag's-horn coral | large branching coral resembling antlers |
| mushroom coral | flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached) |
slipper
carpet slipper | low footwear that can be slipped on and off easily, usually worn indoors |
| coral | a variable color averaging a deep pink |
| coral | unfertilized lobster roe, reddens in cooking, used as garnish or to color sauces |
| coral reef | a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone |
| Coral Sea | an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia |
| skidder slider slipper | a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction |
coralwood
coral-wood
red sandalwood Barbados pride
peacock flower fence
Adenanthera pavonina | East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental |
coral necklace
Illecebrum verticullatum | glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers, western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas |
calypso
fairy-slipper
Calypso bulbosa | rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above basal leaf |
| coral root | a wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor |
spotted coral root
Corallorhiza maculata | common coral root having yellowish- or reddish- or purplish-brown leafless stems bearing loose racemes of similarly colored flowers with white purple-spotted lips, Guatemala to Canada |
striped coral root
Corallorhiza striata | nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers, western Canada to Mexico |
early coral root
pale coral root
Corallorhiza trifida | plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips, northern New Mexico north through South Dakota and Washington to Alaska |
lady's slipper
lady-slipper
ladies' slipper
slipper orchid | any of several chiefly American wildflowers having an inflated pouchlike lip, difficult or impossible to cultivate in the garden |
common lady's-slipper
showy lady's-slipper
showy lady slipper
Cypripedium reginae
Cypripedium album | pale pink wild orchid of northeastern America having an inflated pouchlike lip |
ram's-head
ram's-head lady's slipper
Cypripedium arietinum | orchid of northern North America having a brownish-green flower and red-and-white lip suggestive of a ram's head |
yellow lady's slipper
yellow lady-slipper
Cypripedium calceolus
Cypripedium parviflorum | maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip, Europe, North America and Japan |
large yellow lady's slipper
Cypripedium calceolus pubescens | plant of eastern and central North America having slightly fragrant purple-marked greenish-yellow flowers |
California lady's slipper
Cypripedium californicum | often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California |
clustered lady's slipper
Cypripedium fasciculatum | clusters of several short stems each having broad leaves and - drooping brownish to greenish flowers with pouches mottled with purple, British Columbia to central California and northern Colorado |
mountain lady's slipper
Cypripedium montanum | leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil, Alaska to northern California and Wyoming |
crested coral root
Hexalectris spicata | orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins, southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States |
Venus' slipper
Venus's slipper
Venus's shoe | any of various orchids of the genus Paphiopedilum having slender flower stalks bearing to several waxy flowers with pouchlike lips |
coral drops
Bessera elegans | half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers |
coral tree
erythrina | any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds, cultivated as an ornamental |
coral bean tree
Erythrina corallodendrum | deciduous shrub having racemes of deep red flowers and black-spotted red seeds |
ceibo
crybaby tree
cry-baby tree
common coral tree
Erythrina crista-galli | small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered |
Indian coral tree
Erythrina variegata
Erythrina Indica | small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds |
Western Australia coral pea
Hardenbergia comnptoniana | vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia, grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers |
| coral pea | any of various Australian climbing plants of the genus Kennedia having scarlet flowers |
| coral vine Kennedia coccinea | prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers, Australia and Tasmania |
coral gem
Lotus berthelotii | low-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orangeed to scarlet or purple flowers, naturalized in United States |
mescal bean
coral bean
frijolito
frijolillo
Sophora secundiflora | shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans |
coral bush
flame bush
Templetonia retusa | Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers |
trumpet honeysuckle
coral honeysuckle
trumpet flower trumpet vine Lonicera sempervirens | evergreen North American honeysuckle vine having coraled or orange flowers |