"fringing reef" meaning in English

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      "form": "fringing reefs",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A completely shallow coral reef adjacent to a coast."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "coral reef"
        }
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          "shallow",
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          "coral reef",
          "coral reef"
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          "adjacent",
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          "coast",
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        "(oceanography) A completely shallow coral reef adjacent to a coast."
      ],
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        "geography",
        "natural-sciences",
        "oceanography"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qúnjiāo",
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          "word": "裙礁"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "reunusriutta"
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        "fringing reef"
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      "word": "coral reef"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "(oceanography) A completely shallow coral reef adjacent to a coast."
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      "word": "裙礁"
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