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cipolin
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CIPOLIN
n.A green marble from Rome, containing white zones. It consists chiefly of carbonate of lime, with quartz, shistus, and a small portion of iron.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CIPOLIN
Cip "o *lin, n. Etym: [It. cippollino, prop. , a little onion, fr. cipolla onion (cf. E. cibol ). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another. ] (Min. )
Defn: A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cipolin
cipolin |ˈsɪpəlɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an Italian marble with veins of talc, mica, or quartz, showing alternating white and green streaks. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from Italian cipollino, from cipolla ‘onion ’ (because its structure, having thin veins of other minerals, resembles onion skin ).
Oxford Dictionary
cipolin
cipolin |ˈsɪpəlɪn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an Italian marble with veins of talc, mica, or quartz, showing alternating white and green streaks. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, from Italian cipollino, from cipolla ‘onion ’ (because its structure, having thin veins of other minerals, resembles onion skin ).