an Italian marble with alternating white and green streaks
Word origin
C18: from French, from Italian cipollino a little onion, from cipolla onion, from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa onion; from its likeness to the layers of an onion
cipolin in American English
(ˈsɪpəlɪn)
noun
a variety of Italian marble with alternating layers or streaks of color, esp. of white and green
Word origin
Fr < It cipollino, lit., little onion (ult. < L cepa, onion): from its structure