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peperino(dictionary)

peperino (iou)



peperino noun. L18.
[Italian, from peper- (see PEPPERONI) + dim. suffix -ino (because it consists of small grains).]
Geology. A light porous grey tuff containing fragments of leucite etc., found in the Albano hills, Italy; any pyroclastic deposit containing varied fragments.