Definition of Coral drops

1. Noun. Half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers.

Exact synonyms: Bessera Elegans
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Bessera, Genus Bessera

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Drops

coracoid process
coracoid processes
coracoid tuberosity
coracoidal
coracoids
coraggio
corakan
coral
coral-root bittercress
coral-wood
coral bean
coral bean tree
coral bleaching
coral bush
coral calculus
coral drops (current term)
coral fungus
coral gem
coral honeysuckle
coral necklace
coral pea
coral reef
coral reefs
coral root
coral snake
coral snakes
coral tree
coral vine
coral vines
coralbells

Literary usage of Coral drops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue by Robert Ellis, Great Britain Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, London Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851 (1851)
"Pair of coral drops, diamond-cut, &c. Diamond-cut coral pieces. Coral cameos. A row of 12 of the largest coral beads, called Codini. ..."

2. Intimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen Them by Archibald Little (1899)
"They had large silver earrings with red coral drops, red cloth collars fastened by large silver clasps, always a lump of coral in the centre of the middle ..."

3. A life's secret by Henry Wood (1867)
"A pair of gold earrings, with long pendant coral drops, lay beside it, and a large and handsome gold brooch, set likewise with corals. " What, is it you, ..."

4. Ellis's British Tariff for by Robert Ellis (1837)
"coral drops, 41 Ibs. 7J oz. or 499J oz. Troy, at value. Paper. Ibs. oz. 1 1 2 or 14 oz. Troy, tops for Ear-rings. CPL. Papers. cwt. qrs. Ibs. 281 24 . ..."

5. Fleet Street Eclogues by John Davidson (1896)
"BASIL Where in the naked copse, Gems in a charnel, glimmer The nightshade's coral drops. SANDY Or where in twilight shaws The dusky-glowing thorn, ..."

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