adjective
- Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors)
- usage: "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline. luster"
- synonyms: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, pearlescent
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