fire coral
noun
: a colonial coralline hydrozoan (genus Millepora) having nematocysts that inflict a painful and burning sting
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Living here are shoals of technicolor fish, some the size of a fingernail—like the baby clownfish hiding in gently swaying anemone—others larger than a human, like the giant moray eel coiled around net fire coral.
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Jessica Vincent, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
Poppy, bright orange like blood orange (especially on olive or Asian skin tones), burnt clay, fire coral, yellow, and neons are exciting me, too.
—Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 7 Mar. 2018
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Jessica Vincent, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
Poppy, bright orange like blood orange (especially on olive or Asian skin tones), burnt clay, fire coral, yellow, and neons are exciting me, too.
—Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 7 Mar. 2018
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fire coral
noun
: a colonial hydrozoan (genus Millepora) resembling coral and having nematocysts that inflict a painful and burning sting
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