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nacarat

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nacarat /ˈnakərat /
noun [mass noun] rare a bright orange-red colour.
– ORIGIN mid 18th century: from French, perhaps from Spanish and Portuguese nacarado orange-red in colour (referring to the colour of the shell of the mollusc that yields mother-of-pearl), from nacar nacre.