Margaritaceous is an adjective meaning pearly.
Margaritacé est un adjectif qui signifie nacré, semblable à une perle.
| Back | margaritaceous /mar-guhr-i-TAY-shuhs/ |
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| Front | adjective Pearly. [From Latin margarita, from Greek margarites (pearl). Margarita, the tequila cocktail, is named after Margarita, the Spanish form of the name Margaret, meaning pearl. Who this woman was isn't certain. Perhaps this offers an opportunity to extend the meaning of the word margaritaceous after the drink.] "The mesial band has something of a margaritaceous sheen, but it is very slight and dull." Charles James Stewart Bethune, et al; The Canadian Entomologist; 1868. |
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