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Definition of Pearly-white
1. Adjective. Of a white the color of pearls.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pearly-white
Literary usage of Pearly-white
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1904)
"The upper pearly-white spots do not touch the costa, but the lower ones are on
... On its inner edge is a line of pearly-white scales beginning on the costa ..."
2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1907)
"... the distribution of the first, division of the trigeminal nerve on the right
side, it was deeply punched out, and the floor was composed of pearly-white ..."
3. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"... (lowers in the centre ; scales of the involucre pearly white, rounded. ...
heads solitary with pearly white involucre surrounding yellow flowers. 19. ..."
4. A Conchological Dictionary of the British Islands by William Turton (1819)
"... and embossed with numerous pearly white tubercles : the lower half of these
quills is clothed with numerous tufts of yellowish lanceolate fringe- like ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Vitreous; clear- age face pearly. White with yellow crust; translucent. Cc :
aluminium 15, calcium 16'4, sodium 7 '6, fluorine 52-2, water 9'8. 11. ..."
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