Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little coral-like seaweed, particularly Corallina officinalis. See cut under
Corallina .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A name for certain crustaceous marine algæ which secrete carbonate of lime on their surface, and were formerly thought to be of animal nature. They are now considered corallines of the genera Melobesia and Lithothamnion.
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- noun Any of various
crustaceous marine algae whichsecrete calcium carbonate .
Etymologies
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Latin nullus none + porus pore.
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Examples
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Well then, coming back to the margin of the reef, you find that part of it which lies just within the surf to be coated by a very curious plant, a sort of seaweed, which contains in its substance a very great deal of carbonate of lime, and looks almost like rock; this is what is called the nullipore.
Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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