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) |
| elegance | a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste, she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility |
| elegance | a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics), the simplicity and elegance of his invention |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
elegant Habenaria
Habenaria elegans | slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers |
crested coral root
Hexalectris spicata | orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins, southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States |
coral drops
Bessera elegans | half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers |
elegant brodiaea
Brodiaea elegans | brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk, northern Oregon to southern California |
star tulip
elegant cat's ears
Calochortus elegans | small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears, southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana |
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 |
| coral fungus | any of numerous fungi of the family Clavariaceae often brightly colored that grow in often intricately branched clusters like coral |
coral
red coral
precious coral | the hard stony skeleton of a Mediterranean coral that has a delicate red or pink color and is used for jewelry |
| coral | of a strong pink to yellowish-pink color |
| coral-red | of red tinged with coral |
| elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style, elegant handwriting, an elegant dark suit, she was elegant to her fingertips, small churches with elegant white spires, an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid |
| elegant | displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution, an elegant dancer, an elegant mathematical solution -- simple and precise |
elegant
graceful
refined | suggesting taste, ease, and wealth |