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cipolin

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cip⋅o⋅lin

  [sip-uh-lin]
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–noun
an impure variety of marble with alternate white and greenish zones and a layered structure.
Origin:
1790–1800; < F < It cipollino, equiv. to cipoll(a) onion (< LL cēpulla, equiv. to L cēp(a) onion + -ulla dim. suffix) + -ino -ine 1
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