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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Italian
Origin: 'baked earth'

terracotta

 noun
     
Related topics: Pottery, Ceramics
ter‧ra‧cot‧ta , terra cotta [uncountable]
1TIP hard reddish-brown baked clay:
a terracotta pot
2 a brownish red colour
—terracotta adjective
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