travertine

Meaning

Noun

  • A light, porous form of concretionary limestone (or calcite) deposited from solution, and sometimes quarried for building.

Origin

  • Image:TravertineUSGOV.jpg|thumb|Travertine
  • From Italian travertino, earlier tivertino, from Latin tīburtīnus.

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