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maiolica
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maiolica has 1 sense
- maiolica(n = noun.artifact) majolica - highly decorated earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide; Array is a kind of earthenware
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maiolica, n. a white tin-glazed earthenware decorated with metallic colours, orig. popular in the Mediterranean area during the Renaissance (see also MAJOLICA).
Etymology
It. f. former name of Majorca
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