brain coral

brain coral ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. 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 Examples from the Web for brain coral Historical Examples of 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

1. a stony coral of the genus Meandrina, in which the polyps lie in troughlike thecae resembling the convoluted surface of a human brain