iridesce

Definitions of iridesce
  1. verb
    be iridescent
    “The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water”
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    opalesce
    exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal
    type of:
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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