Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nacreous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nacreous \Na"cre*ous\, a. [See {Nacre}.] (Zo["o]l.)
Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nacreous
adj 1: consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl
2: having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an
iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds
looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or
opaline) luster" [syn: {iridescent}, {opalescent}, {opaline},
{pearlescent}]
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