nacreous (adj.)

  1. consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl

  2. having a play of lustrous rainbow 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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