ir·i·des·cent 
(ĭr′ĭ-dĕsənt)
(ĭr′ĭ-dĕsənt)adj.
1. Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage.
2. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance: "The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room" (Carson McCullers).
ir′i·descent·ly adv.
iridescentbuprestid beetle
Sternocera sternicornis
- Indo-European root: preus-
- Indo-European root: prī-
- Indo-European root: pā-
- Indo-European root: pāl-
- Indo-European root: pē(i)-
- Indo-European root: pō(i)-
- Indo-European root: pū̆-
- Indo-European root: pəter-
- Indo-European root: re-
- Indo-European root: reg-
- Indo-European root: rei-
- Indo-European root: reidh-
- Indo-European root: reig-
- Indo-European root: rep-
- Indo-European root: ret-
- Indo-European root: reudh-
- Indo-European root: reug-
- Indo-European root: reup-
- Indo-European root: reuə-
- Indo-European root: rē-
- Indo-European root: rēd-
- Indo-European root: r̥tko-
- Indo-European root: sak-
- Indo-European root: sal-
- Indo-European root: sed-