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pearlescent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective pearlescent has 1 sense
- pearlescent(s = adj.all) iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
pearlescent, adj.
Having an iridescent pearl-like surface, giving a play of lustrous rainbowlike colors; nacreous; pearlaceous. [WordNet 1.5]
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