English Explanatory Dictionary

cipolin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white-green wavy-banded form of marble, used in buildings in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It consists of coloured veins of epidote and chlorite.

Word forms

cipolin cipolins chipolin cipollino

Etymology

From Italian cipollino (“a little onion”), from cipolla (“onion”) (compare English cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.

Synonyms

chipolin cipollino
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