n. [ So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral. ] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and
Red corallin,
Yellow corallin.
a. [ Cf. L. corallinus coralred. ] Composed of corallines;
n. [ Cf. F. coralline. ]
n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline. [ 1913 Webster ]