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verd antique

verd antique noun: a mottled green serpentine marble.

Noun

verd antique (uncountable)

  1. A mottled green serpentine marble.
  2. A kind of green porphyry.

Forms of verd antique

alternative formverde antique

Origin of verd antique

From French vert antique (“a kind of marble”), from verd, vert (“green”) + antique (“ancient”). Compare Italian verde antico.

Questions about verd antique

What does verd antique mean?
Verd antique means a mottled green serpentine marble.
What part of speech is verd antique?
Verd antique is a noun.

Words near verd antique in the dictionary

  1. Vercoes
  2. vercosine
  3. vercosines
  4. vercuronium
  5. verd
  6. verd antique
  7. verdaccio
  8. verdaccios
  9. Verdadism
  10. verdaille
  11. Verdanagate

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