cipolin

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cip=o=lin

CIDE DICTIONARY

cipolin, n. [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.].

 A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cipolin, n. an Italian white-and-green marble.

Etymology

F cipolin or It. cipollino f. cipolla onion