travertine


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
travertine /ˈtravətɪn/
noun white or light-coloured calcareous rock deposited from mineral springs, used in building.
– origin C18: from Ital. travertino, tivertino, from L. tiburtinus ‘of Tibur’ (now Tivoli, near Rome).
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