brain coral
noun
any of several reef-building corals of the genus Meandrina, having a highly convoluted and furrowed surface.
Origin of brain coral
First recorded in 1700–10
Words nearby brain coral
brailowsky,
brain,
brain candy,
brain cell,
brain concussion,
brain coral,
brain damage,
brain death,
brain drain,
brain fart,
brain fever
Example sentences from the Web for brain coral
This species is commonly known as brain-coral or brain-stone.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold
British Dictionary definitions for brain coral
brain coral
noun
a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain