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cip•o•lin
(sip′ə lin),USA pronunciation n.
- Mineralogyan impure variety of marble with alternate white and greenish zones and a layered structure.
- Late Latin cēpulla, equivalent. to Latin cēp(a) onion + -ulla diminutive suffix) + -ino -ine1
- Italian cipollino, equivalent. to cipoll(a) onion (
- French
- 1790–1800