Pleochroism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The optical phenomenon in some coloured, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline and opal) in which the colour changes when viewed from different directions. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions wordnet
  3. 3
    The presence of various colours in the cell wall. countable, uncountable

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