pearl
/ˈpɜrl/ n [C]Definition
› a small, shiny, hard ball, usually white or blue-gray, that forms around a grain of sand inside some oyster shells and is valued as a jewel: a string of pearls
(Definition of pearl n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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