Cipolin Definition

sipəlin
noun
A variety of Italian marble with alternating layers or streaks of color, esp. of white and green.
Webster's New World

(mineralogy) A whitish marble from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.

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Singular:
cipolin
Plural:
cipolins

Origin of Cipolin

  • From Italian cippollino (“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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