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coral necklace

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coral necklace (uncountable)

  1. A small, herbaceous, trailing plant of the species Illecebrum verticillatum.
    Synonym: knotwort
    • 2000, Clive Chatters, Flowers of the Forest: Plants and People in the New Forest National Park:
      However there are no records of Coral-necklace being a weed of tree nurseries anywhere in England; nor have any other plantations of that date been found to have the species.