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cipolin

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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.

noun cipolins · chipolin · cipollino

countable, uncountable 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.
Similar: chipolin, cipollino

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Italiano	cipollino

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@misc{cipolin_2026,
  title = {cipolin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cipolin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}