string of pearls

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see string, pearl.

“The duchess wore a valuable string of pearls around her neck.”

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Meanings

nounstring of pearls (plural strings of pearls)

plural strings of pearls

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see string, pearl.

    The duchess wore a valuable string of pearls around her neck.

  2. The flowering plant Curio rowleyanus (syn. Senecio rowleyanus).
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string of pearls. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/string%20of%20pearls

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“string of pearls.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/string%20of%20pearls. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “string of pearls,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/string%20of%20pearls.

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