Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PEPERINE; PEPERINO
Pep "e *rine, Pep `e *ri "no, n. Etym: [It. peperino, L. piper pepper. So called on account of its color. ] (Geol.)
Defn: A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.
New American Oxford Dictionary
peperino
peperino |ˌpɛpəˈriːnəʊ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a light porous (especially brown ) volcanic rock formed of small grains of sand, cinders, etc. ORIGIN 17th cent.: Italian, from pepere ‘pepper ’ on account of its grainy appearance.
Oxford Dictionary
peperino
peperino |ˌpɛpəˈriːnəʊ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a light porous (especially brown ) volcanic rock formed of small grains of sand, cinders, etc. ORIGIN 17th cent.: Italian, from pepere ‘pepper ’ on account of its grainy appearance.
Duden Dictionary
Peperin
Pe pe rin Substantiv, maskulin Geologie , der |Peper i n |der Peperin; Genitiv: des Peperins, Plural: die Peperine sanskritisch-persisch-griechisch-lateinisch-italienisch vulkanisches Tuffgestein mit Auswürflingen in der Masse im Albanergebirge
Spanish Dictionary
peperina
peperina nombre femenino Arg Arbusto muy ramificado, que puede alcanzar hasta 2 m de altura, de flores blancas y cuyas hojas, aromáticas y de color verde claro, se utilizan para preparar una infusión que tiene propiedades digestivas .
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