What is the meaning of the word "nacreous"?
Definitions:
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Relating to or consisting of mother-of-pearl, or having the luster of mother-of-pearl.
ADJECTIVE
- Two kinds of shell-substance are at once distinguished in an oyster-shell, and outer brown, and an inner pearly or 'nacreous'.
- Two kinds of shell-substance are at once distinguished in an oyster-shell, and outer brown, and an inner pearly or 'nacreous'.