"Gorgonia" is a word in ENGLISH
Any slender branched gorgonian.
A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now
restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia
flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a
flexible, horny axis.
Without sanctification, dwell in the state of impurity.
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