cultured pearl

cultured pearl
noun also culture pearl
: a natural pearl grown under controlled conditions (as by inserting a seed pearl into the mantle of an oyster and keeping the oyster in a sea bed for some years)

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a pearl induced to form by placement of a grain of sand or another irritating object within the shell of a pearl oyster or mussel.
[1920-25]

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cultured pearl noun
A pearl grown round a small foreign body deliberately introduced into an oyster's shell
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Main Entry: ↑culture
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cultured pearl
A true pearl formed by artificial means, eg by planting a piece of mother-of-pearl wrapped in oyster epidermis in the body of an oyster
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Main Entry: ↑pearl

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cultured pearl UK US noun [countable] [singular cultured pearl plural cultured pearls]
a type of pearl grown artificially, instead of one that grows naturally in an oyster
Thesaurus: natural and artificial substances used in jewelleryhyponym

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cultured pearl,
a natural pearl produced by planting a tiny foreign body in an oyster to irritate its internal membranes and cause it to secrete a protective substance, that eventually hardens, around the irritating foreign body.

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