nacred
[ ney-kerd ]
/ ˈneɪ kərd /
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adjective
lined with or resembling nacre.
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Example sentences from the Web for nacred
The valves are nearly equal, blackish, and somewhat wrinkled on the exterior, often brilliantly nacred in the interior.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier