verd antique

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mottled green serpentine marble.
  2. A kind of green porphyry.

Word forms

verd antique verde antique

Etymology

From French vert antique (“a kind of marble”), from verd, vert (“green”) + antique (“ancient”). Compare Italian verde antico.

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