cipolin

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noun

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.

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chipolincipollino
OriginItalian cipollino →
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Meanings

nouncipolin (countable and uncountable, plural cipolins)

plural cipolins · alternative chipolin · alternative cipollino

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA 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.

    Synonyms: chipolin, cipollino

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
chipolincipollino

Origin

  1. Italiancipollino“a little onion”
  2. Englishcipolin

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.

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Translations

French chipolin
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Italian cipollino
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APA

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Chicago

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