English

Adjective

mother-of-pearl ‎(not comparable)

1. Made from or looking like mother-of-pearl; iridescent or pearly.

Noun

mother-of-pearl ‎(uncountable)

Mother-of-pearl.

1. The hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells; nacre.

Synonyms

• nacre

Translations

See also

• (noun) pearl

References

• “mother-of-pearl” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “mother-of-pearl” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "mother-of-pearl" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
• "mother-of-pearl" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.