String of pearls

String of pearls

String of pearls may refer to:

* Senecio rowleyanus, plant known as String-of-pearls or String-of-beads
* "A String of Pearls" or "The String of Pearls: a romance", titles under which Sweeney Todd was first published
* A String of Pearls Twined with Golden Flowers, Romanian fairy tale
* "A String of Pearls" (film), a 1912 film directed by D. W. Griffith
* "String of Pearls" (album), a studio album by Deborah Conway


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