nacreous
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| —adj | |
| 1. | relating to or consisting of mother-of-pearl |
| 2. | having the lustre of mother-of-pearl: nacreous minerals |
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Nacreous
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nacreous na·cre·ous (nā'krē-əs)
adj.
Resembling mother-of-pearl; lustrous.
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Example sentences
These clouds are known as nacreous and noctilucent clouds respectively.
Other balloons will carry instruments to study the role of nacreous clouds in ozone depletion.
The interior of the shell has a border of dark blue to violet surrounding the pearly white nacreous layer.
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