freshwater pearl

noun

: a usually very small pearl produced by a freshwater mollusk

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The dress, which hugged her hourglass figure, featured 50,000 freshwater pearls and 16,000 crystal pearls. Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025 These included Mirasol, which is named after the El Mirasol villa — one of architect Addison Mizner’s most famous designs — and played with volumes, cabochon cuts and a mix of gold, pink opal and freshwater pearls in a chunky ring, earrings and a standout long necklace. Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025 Is there anything more stylish than a classic strand of freshwater pearls? Selene Oliva, Glamour, 30 July 2025 Perhaps the best performer of the sale was a necklace retailer by Bulgari composed of two strands of natural pearls with the clasp set with in which 21 are natural saltwater pearls with one is a natural freshwater pearl. Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for freshwater pearl

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of freshwater pearl was in 1625

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“Freshwater pearl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freshwater%20pearl. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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