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peau d'Espagne(dictionary)
peau d'orange(dictionary)

shoshonite (iou) and peau-de-soie (iou)


shoshonite (iou)



shoshonite noun. L19.
[from the Shoshone River, Wyoming (cf. SHOSHONE) + -ITE1.]
Geology. A variable basaltic rock containing olivine, augite, and labradorite, with potassium feldspar etc.
shoshonitic adjective resembling or consisting of shoshonite M20.

peau-de-soie (iou)



peau-de-soie noun. M19.
[French, lit. 'silk skin'.]
A close-woven heavy satin silk; an (esp. rayon) imitation of this.