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Mother-of-pearl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nacre

'mother-of-pearl' is the definition.
(I know that mother-of-pearl can be written as nacre)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for nacre that I've seen before include "inside of shell" , "Constituent of inlay furniture" , "valuable material" , "Pearl's mum" , "Mother of pearl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Telegraph, the LA Times, The Independent, The Times, The Mirror, the Sydney Morning Herald, The New York Times, the King Feature Syndicate and the Evening Standard.
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