• (n.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. • (n.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.
Cor'al·lite noun [ Latin corallum coral.] 1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral. 2. (Zoology) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [ Written also corallet .]
Corallite is a mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.
the skeleton of a single coral polyp.