CIPOLIN


Meaning of CIPOLIN in English

/sip"euh lin/ , n.

an impure variety of marble with alternate white and greenish zones and a layered structure.

[ 1790-1800; cipollino, equiv. to cipoll ( a ) onion ( cepulla, equiv. to L cep ( a ) onion + -ulla dim. suffix) + -ino -INE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .