string of pearls

English

Noun

string 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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