Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pleochroism \Ple*och"ro*ism\, n. [Gr.? mor? + ? color.]
(Crystallog.)
The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different
colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pleochroism
n 1: the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain
crystals are viewed from different directions