vasa murrhina

[vey-suh muh-rahy-nuh, -ree-]

va·sa mur·rhi·na

[vey-suh muh-rahy-nuh, -ree-]
noun
an American art glass, consisting of colored glass dusted with flakes or grains of metal and flashed with clear glass.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin: literally, murrhine vessel
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