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单词 piastraccia
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Piastraccian.

Brit. /ˌpiːəˈstratʃə/, U.S. /ˌpiəˈstrɑtʃiə/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Piastraccia.
Etymology: < Piastraccia, the name of a quarry near Seravezza, between Carrara and Lucca in northern Italy, where the marble is quarried.
A variety of white marble with thin grey veins.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > others
Florentine marble1706
Carraraa1728
rosso antico1730
giallo antico1741
campan1794
dolomite1794
ruin marble1798
turquin1811
picrite1814
landscape marble1816
snow1848
Irish green1850
palombino1859
Tennessee marble1875
corallite1883
stalagmite marble1895
Piastraccia1909
1909 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 11/3 The entrance hall and corridor walls are faced with polished Piastraccia and Swedish green marble.
1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. i. 726 The gray-white Piastraccia, reflecting light from nowhere, veined with shadows.
1995 R. Fellows Edwardian Archit. vi. 105/2 Bright, tight boots rather than sandals trod the piastraccia of the staircases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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