skump
skump, otherwise known as skump-coral, or pump-coral.
Heineman's prau drifted into the shadows of one of the Spliars. Each of these towers was made of skump, otherwise known as skump-coral, or pump-coral.
The towers of skump consisted of jalajek pseudo-coral living in a symbiotic relationship with warpweed. The warpweed drew seawater from the depths and excreted it again at the heights, complete with the plankton on which the pseudo-coral fed. Thus the Spliars were covered with a perpetual dripping, drenching sheen of seawater, which made them glisten in the sun like vast top-heavy towers of molten, dripping glass. [EoH Ch7]
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