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5 letters · 7 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell
originBorrowed from Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nagara, nagada, and naqareh. Also present in nacarat.
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