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What is the noun for nacre?

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nacre
  1. (obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. [16th-19th c.]
  2. A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl. [from 17th c.]
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  4. Examples:
    1. “This combination of calcium carbonate and conchiolin is called nacre or mother-of-pearl.”
      “Natural nacre also benefits from so-called sacrificial ionic bonds between proteins, which break under stress but can reform.”
      “Continuous layers of nacre grow like onion skins around the particle.”
nacrein
  1. (biochemistry) A matrix protein that is involved in the formation of nacre in molluscs
nacres
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