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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[It.

cippollino

, prop., a little onion, fr.

cipolla

onion (cf. E.

cibol

). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.]

(Min.)

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

Noun.

A green marble from Rome, containing white zones. It consists chiefly of carbonate of lime, with quartz, shistus, and a small portion of iron.

cipolin ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cipolins)

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