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Definition of Coral drops
1. Noun. Half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coral Drops
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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