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Nacreous

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Adjective

1. nacreous

consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl

2. iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent

having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

Example Sentences:
'an iridescent oil slick'
'nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl'
'a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Nacreous

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adjective
1. 
relating to or consisting of mother-of-pearl
2. 
having the lustre of mother-of-pearl
nacreous minerals

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Nacreous

see synonyms of nacreous
adjective
1. 
of or like nacre
2. 
yielding nacre
3. 
iridescent; lustrous

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Nacreous

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