CORALLINE

I. noun Date: 1543 a ~ red alga, a bryozoan or hydroid that resembles a coral, II. adjective Etymology: French, from feminine of corallin coral-like, from Middle French, from Late Latin corallinus, from Latin corallium Date: circa 1633 of, relating to, or resembling coral, of, relating to, or being any of a family (Corallinaceae) of calcareous red algae