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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 na·cre /ˈnekɚ/
 珠母貝,真珠質

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Na·cre n.  Zool. A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells, and is most perfect in the mother-of-pearl. [Written also nacker and naker.] See Pearl, and Mother-of-pearl.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Na·cré a.  Art Having the peculiar iridescence of nacre, or mother-of-pearl, or an iridescence resembling it; as, nacré ware.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 nacre
      n : the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell [syn: mother-of-pearl]