NACREOUS

• (adj.) consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : iridescent , opalescent , opaline , pearlescent

  The pearls had a milky opalescent luster. -added by naila_inlas

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