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Coral vs Columella - What's the difference?

coral | columella |

As nouns the difference between coral and columella

is that coral is a hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps while columella is any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape.

As an adjective coral

is made of coral.

As a proper noun Coral

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

coral

English

(wikipedia coral)

Noun

  • (uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
  • (countable) A colony of marine polyps.
  • (countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
  • The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
  • (historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of coral.
  • Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.

    • Derived terms

    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * coralise/coralize * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    See also

    * atoll * barrier reef * dactylozooid * fringing reef * gonophore * gorgonian * Great Barrier Reef * madrepore * millepore * sea fan * sea whip *

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    columella

    English

    Noun

    (columellae)
  • (biology) Any of various small structures in plants or animals that are columnar in shape.
  • (anatomy) The skin at the end of the septum which separates the nostrils.
  • (comparative anatomy) In birds, reptiles, and amphibians, the small bone which carries vibration from the tympanum to the inner ear.
  • (malacology) In gastropods, the structure at the center of the whorls of the shell.
  • (coral science) The structure at the center of the calyx where the septa join together.
  • (mycology) The central sterile portion of the sporangium in various fungi.
  • (palynology) A rod-shaped reinforcing element of the sexine layer of a pollen grain.

    • Derived terms

    * columellar * columellate * columelloid

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