nacreous cloud love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A stratospheric cloud resembling a cirrus, showing iridescent coloration when the sun is several degrees below the horizon.

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  • noun polar stratospheric cloud

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  • noun a luminous iridescent cloud at a high altitude that may be seen when the sun is a few degrees below the horizon

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From nacre (from the iridescent coloring of mother-of-pearl).]

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