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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 Independent, the King Feature Syndicate, The New York Times, The Telegraph, the Evening Standard, the LA Times, The Times, The Mirror and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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