Cĭp’o-līn, n.

n. [It. cĭpollino, properly a little onion, from cĭpolla, onion, so called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.] (Min.) A greenish marble, from Rome, containing white or greenish zones. It consists of carbonate of lime, with zones and cloudings of talc. Dana.