seed pearl
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of seed pearl
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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Each bivalve is a lottery ticket; it may contain a gem worthy of place in a monarch's crown, or be a seed pearl with a mercantile value of only a few rupees.
From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland
She fondled a slender seed pearl rope at her throat.
From Out of the Ashes by Mumford, Ethel Watts
There is much rhubarb in this country, and much musk, very fine silver, seed pearl, and pearls that are not very round.
From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte
Her eyes are two diamond sparks, melted into lustre; and her teeth, seed pearl, lying between rubies.
From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Porter, Jane
The only ornament worn by her was a large burnt topaz—that stone which fire turns a rose red tint—attached to a seed pearl chain.
From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
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