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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl;

2. having a play of lustrous rainbow colors;
- Example: "an iridescent oil slick"
- Example: "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"
- Example: "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"
[syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Nacreous \Na"cre*ous\ (n[=a]"kr[-e]*[u^]s), a. [See Nacre.]
   (Zool.)
   Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.
   [1913 Webster] Nad


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, nacreous, opalescent, opaline,
       pearlescent]